ABSTRACT


Antonio Morales M.1, Lautaro Cancin E.2, Edgardo Oehrens E.3 y Héctor Pairoa C.4
 

percentage of rotten cherries was determined in the varieties "Corazón de Paloma" and "Bing", harvested in three stages of maturity and stored at 0,5ºC and 87% relative humidity, during 7 and 14 days, plus a period of two more days at room temperature.
The percentage of rotteness was greater as the grade of maturity and the number of days in refrigerated storage increased. Observed percentage of damage in variety Corazón de Paloma was greater than in the Bing variety.

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1Ing. Agr. Empresa Nacional de Frigoríficos S.A. Santiago, Ayudante de la Cátedra de Fitopatología General y Patología Frutal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 1004, Santiago, Chile.
2Ing. Agr., M.S., Profesor de la Cátedra de Fitopatología General, Depto. Sanidad Vegetal, Facultad de Agronomía, Universidad de Chile, Casilla 1004, Santiago, Chile.
3Ing. Agr., Ph. D., Profesor de la Cátedra de Fitopatología, Facultad de Ciencias Agrarias, Universidad Austral de Chile. Valdivia, Chile.
4Ing. Agr., Profesor Auxiliar de la