Cherries were
selected to have uniform fruit in size and ripening and fruits with
apparent lesions and/or rot symptoms were discarded. Selected
fruit were dipped for 2 min in a solution of pomegranate extract at
different concentrations (12, 2.4 or 1.2 g/l), dried at room
temperature for 2 h on blotting paper, placed in plastic trays
(approximately 100 fruit per tray), covered with plastic sheet, and
stored at 1 C. Fruit dipped in 1% citric acid and untreated fruit were
used as controls.