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The important of pest and disease damage as a cause of commercial downgrading of apple fruit.

1994-01-01

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A 2-year study of downgrading and wastage in apples was part of a pest and disease control project in the Batlow district of New South Wales. Records were kept of specific reasons for rejection.One-third of the annual harvest was downgraded to grade 2, juice, or wastage. The main cause was physical damage (around 20%), especially due to bruising and injuries. Disease damage generally caused rejection of <1% of...

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Literature Corpus work: 73bd9d31-ec75-5efa-9f0a-e2ebc97ed384
DOI: 10.1071/ea9940431

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