Effect of four citrus rootstocks on fruit quality and storability of fremont tangerinelh[electronic resource].

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This study was carried out On Fremont fruits taken from Southern Tahrer region, Behera Governorate during two successive seasons 2000/2001,. Fremont tangerine budded on four rootstocks:- Volkamer lemon (Citrus volkameriana). Rangpur lime (Citrus limonia). Carrizo citrange (Poncirus trifoliate x Citrus sinensis) as newly introduced rootstocks for citrus and sour orange ( Citrus aurantium ) which is the most common rootstock were used in this study. Fruits were picked at maturity stage and stored at 5'c and 85% RH to detect the effect of rootstocks 0n fruit charactars. market ability and storability. The major findings are summarized as follows: Fremont tangerine fruit on sour orange, Rangpur lime and Carrizo citrange reached maturity earlier than fruits on Volkameriana. Fremont tangerine fruit weight gave best values on Volkameriana and Rangpur lime. The highest juice percentage were from fremont fruits on sour orange. The best rind color was of fruits on sour orange. Rind color increased during storage life. also pulp of fruits budded on Volkameriana was the most red. Percentage of weight loss during storage recorded lowest values on Volkameriana followed by Rangpur lime.

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