Pineapple
Pineapple
Post-harvest management
Post-harvest management
Post-harvet management:Pineapple
- After harvesting pineapples, put them in water container to avoid the hotness they come with from the land
- Put in that water before you transport them either by air or other transport means , if not refrigerate them,
- The water have to be disinfected against the pests and other microbes ,
- The selection of pineaples will depend on weights and quality
- The pesticides used for quality conservation are :
- Dowicide A: 7 Grams per litter of water – sprayed to the pineapple to maintain its color and prevent any disease,
- Wax: it contain polyethylene/paraffin compostion. This protects the pinaple against the loss of juice
- The pineaaples are kept to a temperature of 7 o C 12°C and 90-95% humidity.
- The Cayenne pineapple variety can be kept like that for 4 weeks.