Effect of storage temperature on rind pitting and fruit rot in Satsuma ‘Okitsu’
Rind disorders on satsuma mandarin have caused serious crop losses in Uruguay. The causes of these disorders are not well understood and their incidence is erratic, showing high variability from year to year and among orchards. Satsuma fruit suffers chilling injury during cold storage, and rind pitting is a common symptom. The objective of this study was to analyze fruit response to different storage temperatures evaluating pitting development and the incidence of different drench treatments on fruit rot and pitting development. Satsuma ‘Okitsu’ fruits were harvested from two different farms, one with high pitting history (Q102) and the other with low pitting history (Q100).