S19 - Session P5 - Plant Development and post-harvest - Comparative study: Postharvest technologies influences quality indicators and microbiota of organic and conventional grown blueberries

Andreea Stan, Andrei Petre *, Mihai Frîncu, Violeta Ion, Roxana Ciceoi, Madalin Slav, Adrian Asanica

Three blueberry varieties, 'Legacy', 'Duke' and 'Blue Gold', grown in organic and conventional system, were harvested in July 2021 in a farm located in Dambovița county (Romania), stored in normal and controlled atmosphere conditions, and analysed afterwards through the whole storage period. The quality parameters of the blueberry fruits were monitored in terms of: firmness, total titratable acidity, shape index, total soluble solids, dry matter content, total phenolic content, antioxidant activity, total anthocyanin content and fungal pathogens incidence during storage. Current work showed that blueberry fruits stored in controlled atmosphere conditions were better preserved than those stored in normal atmosphere.