Influence of Vapor Gard and some of the storage characteristics of orange fruits local Cv.

Abstract

The objective of the study was to investigation the effect of Vapor Gard ( 0% , 2% and 4% ) ( VG0 , VG1 and VG2 ) and a different kinds of rooms ( S0 , S1 , S2 و S3) on some storage characteristics of orange fruits local Cv. For tow months. The results showed that weight loss, juice percentage, TSS and pH of juice fruits were the least when VG increased . weight loss percentage was increased when the fruits was storied in the S0 with S3 which was 50% , while it decreased in the S1 which was 46% . The percentage of juice was decreased when used the S0 (control), while the percentage of TSS decreased when used the S0 with S3 . The percentage of juice and TSS were increased when used S1 . The pH of juice fruits decreased when used S0 which was 3.4 , while it increased when used S0 with water which was 4.2 .