감귤의 품질을 향상시킴에 있어서 ethephon의 실용상 문제점을 해결하고자 탄산칼슘제와 몇 종류의 수용성칼슘제를 가용하여 엽면살포를 하고 품질조사와 더불어 낙엽율을 조사하였다. 착색도 a값이 ethephon에 Clef-non, Cell-bine, Hicalux, Calcium acetate 가용처리가 무처리에 비해 높아져서 착색이 촉진되는 경향을 나타내어 수확기를 앞당길 수 있었다. 낙엽율은 ethephon에 Cell-bine 또는 Hicalux 가용처리한 경우에 낙엽이 현저하게 감소되었다. 당도는 ethephon 단용처리, ethephon+Clef-non, Cell-bine 가용 처리구가 무처리에 비해 각각 1.6, 1.54, 1.54˚Bx가 높은 결과를 보였고 산도도 이와 유사한 경향이었다. 따라서 본시험을 통하여 ethephon에 Cell-bine을 가용하여 살포하여 주는 것이 착색을 촉진시키고 낙엽율을 경감시킴과 동시에 당도를 높여서 하우스밀감의 품질을 향상시킬 수 있는 결과를 얻을 수 있었다.

This study was conducted to determine the effects of the humidity and gas composition on the quality of satsuma mandarins during their heat treatment, in an effort to reduce their acidity. To come up with different humidity and gas conditions, various plastic films were used. The fruits were wrapped with an 18-μm high-density polyethylene (HDPE) punched film, a 30-μm low-density polyethylene (LDPE) film, or a 100-μm LDPE film just before treatment at 30℃ for 55 hours. After heat treatment, the titratible acidity (TA) was significantly reduced while the soluble-solid content (SSC) showed no differences, which resulted in increased SSC/TA ratios in all the treatments. The fruits that were not wrapped with a film, however, which had low RH, developed higher ethanol and acetaldehyde contents than those wrapped with an 18-μm HDPE punched film, which had high RH and a similar gas composition. Among the films, the higher the CO2 concentration in the film was, the more the ethanol and acetaldehyde contents increased, which induced more off-flavor. It was thus concluded that high humidity and normal gas composition are favorable conditions for heat treatment to reduce the acidity of satsuma mandarins.