THE EFFECT OF PESTICIDE APPLICATION ON FRUIT BAGGING TOWARD THE QUALITY OF POMELO FRUIT (CITRUS MAXIMA (BURM.) MERR.)

Abstract

Pomelo (Citrus maxima (Burm.) Merr.) is one of the citrus species in Indonesia that has a larger fruit size compared to other citrus species. The purpose of this study is to obtain recommendations for the right type of pesticide for bagging to result in the best fruit quality. The research was conducted at the IPB Cikabayan Experimental Farm and AGH postharvest laboratory from December 2019 to June 2020. The experiment used a completely randomized design (CRD) with the sole factor of pesticide type, and consisted of 4 treatments, as bags with the active pesticide ingredient streptomycin sulfate (P1), bags with the active pesticide ingredient mancozeb (P2), bags with the active pesticide ingredients mancozeb and streptomycin sulfate (P3), and control bags without active pesticide ingredients (P4), each replicated 4 times. The results showed that the P3 and P2 treatments had significantly different results on the skin smoothness variable. The P3 treatment showed a skin smoothness value of 83.23% and was not significantly different from the P2 treatment, which was 76.85%.

Keywords

• nambangan
• mancozeb
• streptomycin sulfate
• fruit quality
• skin smoothness