Fruit growing
and viticulture of South Russia

Annotation

The article presents the results of studies on the effect of post-harvest handling biopreparations for storage of apples. Apples are the main fruit crop grown and consumed in Russia. In 2019, farms of all categories collected a record apple crop about 1.7 million tons. The leader in the collection of apples is the Krasnodar territory it accounts for more than 30% of the total harvest. However, about a third of the harvested apples are lost during long-term storage in fruit storages, another quarter are losses after removing apples from long-term storage and their short-term storage in retail conditions. Based on the studies, a technology has been developed for preparing for short-term storage in artificial cooling conditions at retail outlets and public catering enterprises. Technological conditions for preparing apples for short-term storage under conditions in artificial cooling are established. The basis of the developed technology is a method for preparing apples removed from long-term storage (4-6 months), which are treated with working solutions of biopreparations before laying for short-term storage. Are established technological modes and a technological scheme for preparing apples for short-term storage under conditions of freezing is developed. The economic effect of the implementation of the developed technology was calculated, which when storing one ton of apples amounted to 3.5 thousand rubles. the Economic effect was achieved y reducing the amount of losses of apples processed using the developed technology by an average of 10.75 thousand rubles per ton. The application of the developed technology will reduce the loss of apples during storage, reduce the volume of imports, as well as provide consumers with high-quality products, reduce financial and material costs.