Any symptom of physiological disorders were observed
for both control and treated fruits for any of the alginate concentrations applied during the 16 days of cold storage or
after further shelf life at 20 °C. In addition, no decay
symptoms were visually observed in any fruit (either in
control or treated). On the contrary, occurrence of decay
during storage in other sweet cherry cultivars has been
reported, which could be attributed to the different assayed
varieties or environmental conditions during the growth
cycle. Moreover, different effects of the edible coatings on
cherry decay development were shown, since SemperfreshTM
increased spoilage while chitosan positively reduced the
incidence of this disorder (Yaman and Bayindirli 2001;
Romanazzi et al. 2003).