This research was carried out with the aim evaluating the effect of preharvest treatment with aminoethoxyvynilglycine and harvest delay on fruit drop and maturation of apple cultivar Fuji. The treatments were three doses of aminoethoxyvynilglycine (0,90 e 125g.ha-1) combined with three harvest dates (195, 204, 225 days after full bloom). No interaction between doses of aminoethoxyvynilglycine and harvest date was found. The application of aminoethoxyvynilglycine in the apple cultivar Fuji maintained greener ground skin color, reduced ethylene production, respiration rate and watercore incidence. Delaying fruit harvest showed lower respiration, better red color and higher total solids soluble. In addition to this, late harvest caused higher fruit drop, skin yellowing, high watercore incidence, high starch index, high ethylene production, low flesh firmness and low titratable acidity.
Malus domestica Borkh; ethylene; physiological disorders
