• Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture
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• v.30 no.1
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• pp.89-101
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• 2022

This study was conducted to examine decay incidence of citrus fruit treated with antifungal patches during short-term storage using 10 kg paper boxes at room temperature. It was investigated for 15 days in 'Iwasaki' and for 30 days in 'Miyagawa' treated with 200 mg/kg and 500 mg/kg patches of hexanal, carvacrol, and cinnamaldehyde alone or mixed. When it was treated with 200 mg/kg in 'Iwasaki, The decay rate of fruit was at 1.0% in carvacrol alone. In 'Miyagawa', The decay rate of fruit showed lower at cinnamaldehyde and hexanal+cinnamaldehyde mixture of 500 mg/kg than others. And also hexanal+cinnamaldehyde mixture of 200 mg/kg was twice lower than others. In conclusion, the mixed antifungal patches was more effective in reducing citrus fruit decay in citrus fruits than alone at room temperature.

• Journal of Bio-Environment Control
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.261-269
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• 2022

This study was carried out to predict fruit surface temperature (FST) causing sunburn symptoms and assess the correlation between solar radiation and FST in satusma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc. 'Iwasaki'). And to reduce sunburn when ambient temperature was at 31℃, sprinkler system was repeated spraying every at 5 minutes of 30 minutes intervals and 1% calcium carbonate and 4% kaolin solution applied on citrus tree three times to investigate quality and sunburn of fruits. It showed highly significant positive correlation between FST and solar radiation (R = 0.788, p < 0.01), The FST increased up to 16℃ than ambient temperature at daytime. To estimate FST, a linear model y = 0.099 × (air temperature) + 0.018 × (solar radiation) + 20.779 (R = 0.687, p < 0.01) was derived. The canopy temperature of citrus trees was 5.1℃ lower in sprinkler system than in control. The incidence of sunburn showed at 2.1% in sprinkler system twice lower than in control and there was different significance. Fruit quality was similar between treatments. In conclusion, sunburn can be reduced by reflecting sunlight or downing of FST through sprinkler system.