Pears Italy – 2012

With this trial we want to verify the effect of the pre-harvest treatments with Chelal Omnical on the conservability of the fruits.

T0: Control – without treatment T1: 2 x 2 L Chelal Omnical (7/8/12 + 16/8/12) T2: 2 x 4 L Chelal Omnical (7/8/12 + 16/8/12)

Treatments

Aim of the trial

General circumstances of the trial Owner of the field: Az Bianconi Graziano Place: Villanova di Ferrara (FE) Pear Variety: Abate – Grafted on Sydo Year of planting : 2008 (density: 1 x 3,3 m) Harvest: 8 September 2012 Materials and methods: The fruits of the 3 treatments were placed for conservation in cold storage at the standard temperature of 0,1°C on 28/1/13, and when the fruits were taken out of cold storage they were kept at 15°C up to the last verification on 18/2/13.

General Information

Evolution of the hardness 13/9/12 28/1/13 T0: Control 6,041 kg/0,5 cm² 3,458 kg/0,5 cm² T1: 2 x 2 L Chelal Omnical 6,379 kg/0,5 cm² 3,611 kg/0,5 cm² T2: 2 x 4 L Chelal Omnical 6,132 kg/0,5 cm² 3,819 kg/0,5 cm²

Fungal infections on the fruits (*) 28/1/13 7/2/13 18/2/13 T0: Control - NT 15,2 % 15 % 32 % T1: 2 x 2 L Chelal Omnical 8,6 % 9 % 8 % T2: 2 x 4 L Chelal Omnical 10,4 % 10 % 20 %

(*) The evolution of the fungal infection on the fruits was verified at 3 moments.

Results

T0

2 x 2 L Chelal Omnical® 2 x 4 L Chelal Omnical®

Difference in the colouring: during the complete duration of the trial, from the moment they are taken out of cold storage up to the last verification: greener colour of the 2 treatments with Chelal Omnical compared to the control. Reduced presence of fungal infections in the 2 treatments with Chelal Omnical.

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