February / March 2020
Impact of carton liners
This article explores the impact of carton liners and relative humidity in cold stores during accumulation for export on post-storage shrivel levels on Laetitia and African Delight® plums.
December 2019 / January 2020
Bakgatboord Series – African Delight at St Kilda Farm
Despite the intense heat in the 2018/2019 season, the plum farm St Kilda in Bonnievale still managed to produce a set of about 300 fruit, having had to drop only 100. A set of 500 is considered too big and…
February / March 2019
Penicillium rot of nectarine and plum
Introduction The South African stone fruit industry has a turn-over of R2.7 billion (Hortgro, 2018). Roughly 286.8 thousand tons of peaches, nectarines and plums were produced in 2016/17. Peaches and nectarines are primarily processed or destined for the local market…