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Production Guide for Storage of Organic Fruits and Vegetables – 67-page guide from NYSIPM program.
Postharvest Technology – Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality (UC Davis)
Tree Fruit Postharvest – A resource for postharvest information on apples, pears, cherries, stone fruit, and postharvest practices (Washington State University)
Postharvest Handling and Transportation of Fruits and Vegetables (University of Georgia)

Post-Harvest

Integrative Management of Bitter Pit in ‘Honeycrisp’ Apples from the Extension Perspective (2022 ENYCHP Produce Pages)
Early Harvest is a Critical Factor in Decreasing Flesh Browning Development of ‘Empire’ Apples (2015 Fruit Quarterly v. 23-3)
Toward Optimizing CA Storage of Honeycrisp Apples: Minimizing Prestorage Conditioning Time and Temperature (2014 Fruit Quarterly v. 22-3)
Honeycrisp – To Condition or Not Condition? (2016 Fruit Quarterly v. 24-2)
Meeting Export Requirements through EUREPGAP (2005 NYS IPM report, 97 kb pdf)
Commercial Storage of Fruit, Vegetables, and Florist and Nursery Stocks – USDA ARS Handbook No. 66
Production Guide for Storage of Organic Fruits and Vegetables – 67-page guide from NYSIPM program.
Summary Statistics for Fruits and Berries (2008 USDA report, 82 kb pdf)
Predicting Harvest Date Windows for Apples (1992 CCE bulletin #221, 1.3 mb pdf)
Market Diseases of Apples, Pears and Quinces (1971, Washington State University)
Postharvest Cooling and Handling of Apples (North Carolina State Extension)
Repeated Treatments of Apple Fruit with SmartFresh^TM (2013 NYFQ v. 21-3, 3.6 mb pdf)
Harvest Indices and Storage of NY-1 and NY-2: Observations from the 2011 Harvest Season (2012 NYFQ v. 20-2, 3.6 mb pdf)
Controlling Postharvest Diseases and Disorders of Apples with Non-Recycling Drenches (2011 NYFQ v. 19-2, 2.2 mb pdf)
Extending Shelf-Life, Marketing Window, and Quality of Sweet Cherries in New York (2011 FQ v. 19-3)
Towards Controlled Atmosphere Storage for Honeycrisp Apples (2011 NYFQ v. 19-4, 3.9 mb pdf)
Predicting Storage Disorders by Developing Diagnostic Toolboxes (2011 NYFQ v. 19-4, 3.1 mb pdf)
Glyphosate Exposure Contributes to Internal Browning of Apples (2010 NYFQ v. 18-3, 394 kb pdf)
Storage Disorders of CA-Stored Empire Apples (2010 NYFQ v. 18-3, 578 kb pdf)
Failure of Treatments against Firm Flesh Browning in Empire Apples (2010 NYFQ v. 18-3, 612 kb pdf)
Internal Browning in Empire Apples and Harvest Date (2010 NYFQ v. 18-2, 658 kb pdf)
Fungicides, Biocides, and Sanitizers for Postharvest Pathogens in Apples (2009 NYFQ v. 17-3, 942 kb pdf)
Postharvest Physiological Disorders and Mineral Nutrients (2009 NYFQ v. 17-3, 391 kb pdf)
Shelf-life Extension in Sweet Cherries with Modified Atmosphere Packaging (2009 NYFQ v. 17-2, 491 kb pdf)
Application of SmartFresh to Apples is More Important Than Rapid CA (2008 NYFQ v. 16-3, 160 kb pdf)
Flesh Browning Disorder of ‘Pink Lady’ Apples (2008 NYFQ v. 16-2, 593 kb pdf)
Dynamic Controlled Atmosphere Storage (2008 NYFQ v. 16-1, 3.73 mb pdf)
Shelf-life Extension of Sweet Cherries – Field, Post-harvest, and Packaging (2007 NYFQ v. 15-2, 865 kb pdf)
Managing External Carbon Dioxide Injury During Storage (2007 NYFQ v. 15-2, 642 kb pdf)

PALS (formerly NRAES) Books

Produce Handling for Direct Marketing (1992)

Post-Harvest Archives

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