Effects of the Storage Quality of Potato by Pretharvest Benzothiadiazole (BTH) Spraying
"Longshu 3" potato (Solanum tuberosum Longshu No.3) were used as test materials to analysis the effects of storage quality by Benzothiadiazole (BTH). The plants were sprayed with 100 ppm BTH for 1 and 2 times at 30 d and 15 d of preharvest, respectively. Storage quality parameters were analyzed after postharvest. Compared with control, the results showed that diameter of dry rot, germination rate, greening rate and the rate of weight loss of potato decreased significantly in treated fruit during storage. And the inhibition roles had an increasing trend followed with the increase of BTH treatment times. The results suggest that preharvest BTH treatment can enhance the storage quality of potato.