Fruit
For the first two experiments, two shipments of export
quality, 23 count fruit were transported from a
commercial packhouse in Northland, New Zealand,
to Massey University, Palmerston North within 72 h
of harvest. For the third experiment, fruit of three
count sizes (23, 25, and 27) were mixed together,
before being randomly allocated to treatments. These
fruit were delivered to Massey University within
24 h of harvest. All fruit had the postharvest fungicide
"Sportak" (Schering Agrochemicals Ltd, Germany;
active ingredients—prochloraz and xylene)
applied to control fungal rots
All experiments had completely randomised designs.
Wet and dry bulb (thermistor probes and dew point
hygrometer), and skin temperatures (thermistor
probes) were recorded on a Grant 1200 Series
"Squirrel" data logger. Water vapour pressure deficit
was calculated using standard psychrometric
equations (Campbell 1977).