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Hot Water and Fungicides for Control of Mold on Cantaloups

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  • Stewart, Joseph K.

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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.

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  • Stewart, Joseph K., 1973. "Hot Water and Fungicides for Control of Mold on Cantaloups," Marketing Research Reports 313262, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Marketing Service, Transportation and Marketing Program.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uamsmr:313262
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.313262
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