TY - JOUR AU - Ogawa, J. M. AU - Rumsey, J. AU - Manji, B. T. AU - Tate, G. AU - Toyoda, J. AU - Bose, E. AU - Dugger, L. TI - Implication and chemical testing of two in softening of canned apricots JF - California Agriculture JO - Calif Agr Y1 - 1974/07/01 VL - 28 IS - 7 SP - 6 EP - 7 PB - University of California Agriculture and Nature Resources SN - 0008-0845 UR - http://www.ucanr.edu/sites/calagjournal/archive/?article=ca.v028n07p6 AB - EVIDENCE FROM THESE tests showed that a single fruit decayed by Rhizopus arrhizus, and placed into a no. 10 can of healthy fruit before canning resulted in total disintegration of healthy fruit during six months' storage at room temperature. Addition of a single Rhizopus stolonifer decayed fruit also resulted in significant softening within a six-month period in fruit from one out of three orchards. There was little change in rating of fruit after nine months' storage, but in one treatment 48% of the good Tilton fruit showed initiation of softening, with flesh starting to disintegrate, and soft to the touch.