Hot Water and Fungicides for Control of Mold on Cantaloups

Joseph K. Stewart

No 313262, Marketing Research Reports from United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program

Abstract: Excerpts from the report: The California Crop and Livestock Reporting Service indicated that the value of the 1970 California cantaloup crop was about $50 million. Marketing losses have been reported to range from 0 to 50 percent and to average about 3 percent, which would amount to about $1.5 million annually. Most of these losses are due to decay, even though the melons are treated with a fungicide in the packinghouse before shipment to market. Recent studies show that hot water or hot water plus a fungicide effectively reduce decay on cantaloups. In this report, hot water, solutions of different fungicides, and two methods of applying these materials were compared with commercial treatments for decay control.

Keywords: Crop Production/Industries; Marketing; Research and Development/Tech Change/Emerging Technologies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 14
Date: 1973-04
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313262

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