Evaluation of different bags in peach crop

Abstract

The trial was carried out in tree-year-old peach crop. The cultivar 'Aurora 2' was conducted in a modern vase system with 6 m between rows and 4 m between plants. The experimental design followed randomized blocks with 15 treatments, 8 replications and 16 fruits per treatment. The treatments were the following: T1 - white and closed TNT (tissue non-tissue) bag (45G/m(2)), T2 - white and opened TNT bag (45G/m(2)). T3 - white and closed TNT bag (20G/m(2)), T4 - white and opened TNT bag (20G/m(2)), T5 - transparent polypropelene microperfurated and closed bag (1 mm of diameter), T6 - transparent polypropelene microperfurated and opened bag (1 mm of diameter), T7 - transparent polypropelene microperfurated and closed bags (2 mm of diameter), T8 - transparent polypropelene microperfurated and opened bag (2 mm of diameter), T9 - milky microperfurated polyetilene and closed bag (1 mm of diameter), T10 - milky microperfurated polyetilene and opened bag (1 mm of diameter), T11 - milky microperfurated polyetilene and closed bag (2 mm of diameter), T12 - milky mircroperfurated polyetilene and oepened bags (2 mm of diameter), T13 - closed and waterproof paper bag, T14 - opened and waterproof papar bag, T15 - check treatment (unbaggedfruits). The white and closed TNT (tissue-non-tissue) bag and the waterproof paper bag had the follwing sizes 11,5 x 15,0 cm and the waterproof paper bag had 13,0 x 20,0 cm. The results showd that the bagging with transparent polypropylene microperfurated can be recommedded becaused these bags allow the producers to see the color of the fruits in the harvest time and making the bagging easier.