Agro Fossil Free - Effect of the harvest date, storage period and package on the storability of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera L. Cv. Taberzal) fruits

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This research was conducted during the growing season of 2017 in the Postharvest Technology Laboratory in the Department of Horticulture and Landscape Design, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Basrah, in order to study the effect of three dates of harvesting (15/7, 1/8 and 15/8), three periods of cold storage (1, 2 and 3 months at 4 ° C temperature) and two methods of packing on the storability of date palm fruits cv. Tabezal that cultivated in Qasim district, Babel government in the middle of Iraq. The results of the study showed that the fruits were harvested at the third date and foiled with polyethylene foil recorded the lowest loss of weight was 0.23% after one month of storage. The fruits foiled with the polythene and that were harvested at the first date recorded the highest water content were 63.26% after one month of storage. The fruits that not covered with polyethylene foil and harvested at the third date recorded the highest total soluble solids and total titratable acidity was 53.73% and 0.413%, respectively after 3 months of storage.