Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXIV, Issue 2
Written by Cristina MOALE, Leinar SEPTAR, Ion CAPLAN, Mirela TITISINA, Mariana TOMA SINGH
Biological control is a method of controlling pests such as insects, mites and plant diseases using products that don’t harm human health. Biological control may be an option in preventing crop disease and fungicide resistance. This work present influence of biological treatments on sensory quality of the apricots of Orizont variety. In orchard it was fertilized with the biological fertilizer Cropmax which was applied together with some biological fungicides, insecticides and/or acaricides in four variants: v1= Cropmax + Konflic + Funres; v2= Cropmax + Oleorgan + Canelys; v3= Cropmax + Canelys + Mimoten. After harvest, the fruits were stored in different storage conditions: ambient temperature (20-22°C), for 7 days, temperature of 10-12°C (refrigerant conditions, for 15 days) and temperature of 3-5°C, with and without modified atmosphere (cold storage), for 30 days. At harvest and at the end of the storage the sensorial quality of the fruits (appearance, firmness and taste) was determinated. The V1 variant highlighted because its fruits presented the greatest values of these parameters at the moment of the harvest and it have maintained their high values during storage in all technological preservation variants.
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