Integrated Control of Postharvest Decay on Blood Orange Fruits by Curing, Hot Water and Sodium Carbonate Applications

The effectiveness of biological control of postharvest decay on the quality of strain A and B of blood orange fruits ( Citrus sin ensis) w as stu died under c old storage and shelf -life periods. A t f irst, the RAPD and el ectrophoresis analysis t o bo th u nknown strains were r eported. It can be concluded that we have two different strains A and B of blood orange fruits used for t his investigation. U sing treatments of 3 % sodium c arbonate (SC) in hot water at 20 and 45 C un der curing conditions at 30 a nd 35 C f or oo