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The DA meter – a magic bullet for harvest decisions, or just hype?
Chris Watkins
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
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DA Meter Assessment of Apple Maturity: Myths, Realities and Challenges
• “There has been much hype about maturity assessment of tree fruit using the DA meter developed at the University of Bolgna, Italay and distributed by T.R. Turoni S.L.R.”
Peter Toivonen, 2014. Orchard network, Ontario, Canada, 18 (4): 10-11.
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The collective research of Franny Doerflinger Yosef Al-Shoffe Jackie Nock Shao Xingfeng Kazem Arzani With funding from - NY Apple Research and
Development Program - USDA-NIFA - AgroFresh
Colleagues
• Peter Toivonen
• Jennifer DeEll
• Ines Hanrahan
• ‘Mimmo’ Costa
And assistance from AgroFresh team responsible for Harvista trials Nate Reed Fernando Edagi Ken Silsby Keith Culver
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Outline • What is the DA meter?
• Why are we interested, and what are the criteria for evaluation?
• Results
• Conclusions
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Outline • What is the DA meter?
• Why are we interested, and what are the criteria for evaluation?
• Results
• Conclusions
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IAD measurements with the DA meter • Delta Absorbance (DA) meter
– Hand held non-destructive measurement
– Developed from vis/NIR spectroscopy – Difference of Absorbance (DA or IAD) between 670 and
720nm
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Absorbance measurement principles
http://www.umich.edu/~chem125/softchalk/Exp2_Final_2/Exp2_Final_2_print.html
IAD measurement:
• Chlorophyll a peaks at ~ 660 nm
• IAD measures Chlorophyll a in the peel IAD = Abs (670 nm) – Abs (720 nm)
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Essentially an electronic color chart that provides an index representing Chlorophyll a concentrations
But DA meter is not limited by red coloration of fruit
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DA meter provides readings in the range of 0 to 3.0 for apple fruit
Higher values = greener fruit
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Field use?
Courtesy of Ines Hanrahan,
Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission
Courtesy of Peter Toivonen, Agriculture and Food Canada, BC
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Outline • What is the DA meter?
• Why are we interested, and what are the criteria for evaluation?
• Results
• Conclusions
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Why are we interested? Harvest date is critical to quality of fruit
in the market place, and often associated with storage disorder issues
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Current tools to assess “Maturity” (Harvest indices)
Maturity indices • Internal ethylene
concentration (IEC)
• Starch pattern index (SPI)
Quality indices • Firmness
• Soluble solids concentration
• Acidity
• Red coloration
• (background color/ground color)
Where does the DA meter fit in?
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Recent published research on the DA meter for apple fruit - examples • IAD values at harvest and after storage correlated with
firmness, SSC and TA of ‘Red Delicious’, ‘Granny Smith’ and ‘Pink Lady’ – potential to sort fruit at harvest and after storage for different marketing classes (Nyasordzi et al., 2013).
• IAD values do not relate to storage quality (other than chlorophyll) in fruit stored in CA or treated with 1-MCP (Toivonen and Hampson, 2014)
• IAD values of 0.59 to 0.36 proposed as ‘start’ and ‘finish’ dates for long term air stored ‘Honeycrisp’ apples (DeLong et al., 2014).
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Honeycrisp DA meter model steps:
i) Measure fruit quality attributes ‘at harvest’ [including DA meter readings(IAD)];
ii) Store 38oF for 3-4 months;
iii) Assess disorder incidence after removal;
iv) Optimal harvest window = period having high quality attributes (at harvest),
and fewest disorders (post-harvest);
v) Optimal harvest window delineated in DA meter units.
(Note: usually a 2-week period)
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With courtesy of John Delong
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Honeycrisp Harvest Maturity conclusions for Nova Scotia (John DeLong et al.)
DA meter model message:
As the Honeycrisp reading:
i) ≤ 0.60 begin harvest
i) Between 0.60 and 0.35 good for long-term storage
ii) <0.35 sell first. No long-term storage
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Ignored admonitions from DeLong et al. (2014) • Develop for each cultivar
• Several years research required
• Regionally based
Fruit per cm-2 TCSA
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Why region is important • Excellent color development in Nova Scotia
• Different maturity profiles allowing more concentrated harvest dates – 3-4 harvests not uncommon in NY
• Different disorder development profiles – Stippen (on tree pit appears more problematic in NY)
– Depending on region and growing season we have much greater concern about soft scald and soggy breakdown
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Honeycrisp separation by DA reading
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Honeycrisp separation by DA reading
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Our objectives To evaluate the DA meter by determining the relationships between IAD values and:
• Other harvest indices such as ethylene and starch indices
• Storability of fruit of different cultivars, especially incidence of physiological disorders
• Effects of preharvest factors such as Harvista and other plant growth regulators (PGRs) – Especially important in NYS
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Outline • What is the DA meter?
• Why are we interested, and what are the criteria for evaluation?
• Results
• Conclusions
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Some of our studies 1. ‘Delicious’ apples untreated or treated with Harvista
(preharvest 1-MCP) or ReTain (AVG) to investigate relationships between IAD values, harvest indices and superficial scald (Arzani et al.)
2. ‘Honeycrisp’ apples untreated or treated with Harvista to investigate relationships between IAD values and soft scald (Al-Shoffe et al.)
3. Relationships between IAD values and harvest indices in Empire apple fruit (Doerflinger et al.)
4. Relationships between IAD values and harvest indices in fruit of 9 apple cultivars (Shao et al.)
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1. Delicious and superficial scald
• Replicate ‘Delicious’ trees untreated or sprayed with Harvista or ReTain (gift from Valent Biosciences)
• Fruit harvested and divided into categories based on DA meter readings
• Internal ethylene concentrations (IECs) measured and fruit stored for scald development
Only at harvest results today
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IAD values and internal ethylene concentrations (ppm) - Delicious
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• Relationships between and IAD values good for untreated fruit
– lower IAD values = riper fruit and higher IEC.
• Harvista and ReTain trts result in loss of relationship within an given IAD value.
Preharvest factors such as PGR may interfere with interpretation of DA meter readings
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2. ‘Honeycrisp’ and soft scald incidence • Replicate ‘Honeycrisp’ trees untreated or sprayed
with Harvista
• Fruit harvested at three 1-week intervals and divided into categories based on DA meter readings
• Internal ethylene concentrations (IECs) measured and fruit stored at 33oF for soft scald development
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Soft scald (%) in Honeycrisp apples at different IAD value categories: Harvest 1
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Soft scald (%) in Honeycrisp apples at different IAD value categories: Harvest 2
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Summary • Soft scald incidence is higher in less ripe fruit (lower IAD values).
• Harvista can decrease soft scald development.
• However, relationship between disorder development and IAD values can be dissociated by
– Harvest date – a PGR such as Harvista.
Note - Commercial acceptability of fruit may over-ride decisions made on basis of IAD values.
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Honeycrisp separation by DA reading
Huge variation among standards now. How will these change for long term CA storage?
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3. Empire • ‘Empire’
– fruit from orchard in Western NY – Untreated or treated with ReTain (AVG) 4 weeks or
Harvista (1-MCP) 1 week before first harvest – 3 harvests: September 26, October 3 and 10
Measurements: – IEC – IAD
– Firmness – SPI
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SPI vs. range of IAD
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Firmness vs. range of IAD
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IEC over range of IAD
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3. Relationships between IAD values and harvest indices for 9 cultivars
• Harvest indices plus IAD values assessed at weekly intervals for several weeks
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Relationships between IAD values and chlorophyll a Cultivar R2
NY-1 0.797 NY-2 0.756 Cortland 0.818 Fuji 0.732 Honeycrisp 0.817 Jonagold 0.481 Mutsu 0.678 McIntosh 0.671 RedCort 0.633
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Example of relationship between IEC and SPI with IAD values
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Summary: • Generally good correlations between IAD values
and chlorophyll concentrations, but exceptions exist.
• Depending on cultivar (e.g. ‘RedCort’), relationships between IAD values and IEC and starch indices are good. Suggests that in some cases might be useful non-destructive measure if relationships apply across orchards and growing regions.
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Conclusions • Correlations of IAD values with other harvest indices are
present, but variable, and depend on cultivar. – As stated by Peter Toivonen, ‘IAD tells you about how much
chlorophyll is in the peel of the apple – nothing more’
• Relationship between IAD values at harvest and disorders may be affected by preharvest factors such as PGRs.
• Research is ongoing to investigate its usefulness for cultivars within and across different growing regions.
• Overall unlikely to replace standard harvest indices, but rather supplement, although future potential for precision harvest if reliable in the field.
• Incorporation in to presort lines may have greater potential
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Questions?
Thank you