Use of modified atmospheres combined with phosphine in controlling stored date fruit pests, Oryzaephilus surinamensis and Tribolium confusum, and effect on the fruit chemical properties

Influence of Modified Atmospheres on Infestation of Stored Date Fruits by Ephestia cautella (Walker) and Stegobium paniceum (L)

“…Mattheis & Fellman (2000) observed that controlled atmospheres and MAP can decrease the levels of carbohydrates and titratable acids in fresh fruits and vegetables. Ahmed et al, (2022) suggest that a combination of modified atmospheres (MAs) and half the recommended dose of phosphine can be effective in controlling insects in stored dried dates, while also potentially improving the quality of the fruit, even with short treatment times.…”

Nutritional values, Nutraceutical properties, and health benefits of Arabian Date Palme fruit

“…The moisture content of dates fruit is varies according ripening stages it diminutions with progression in ripening stages. The lowest moisture contents are in the ripened date (Tamar), it also varied among the varieties, it was found to have altered between 39.04% and 11.34 for Ourous and Oukasaba cultivars, respectively (Al-Farsi et al, 2005, Al-Farsi* and Lee 2008, Ahmed et al, 2022. In the ripening stages, water percentage ranges varied between 7% and ≥79% in the dry and moist varieties respectively (Chandrasekaran and Bahkali 2013).…”

“…The levels of reducing sugars and sucrose are invertase activity depending on the rate of invertase (Fayadh and Al-Showiman 1990). For date cultivars in Algeria, the total saccharides amount differs between 84.51 and 96.28 % of dry matter (Ahmed et al, 2022), also it reported that the dried dates contains about 64.1g/100g of carbohydrates, the contents of sucrose, fructose and, glucose were 11.6, 29.4, and 30.4g/100g respectively (Yousif et al, 1982). Assirey study revealed that among 10 varieties of date, Bumi was shown to have the highest carbohydrates followed by Suqaey and Khodari 81.4%, 79.7%, and 79.4%, respectively.…”