Studying the effect of dusting with ethyl formate on the physical traits of some Iraqi date cultivars

Abstract

The current study aimed to use three cultivars of Iraqi dates in the date stage, AlZuhdi hard, Sayer semi-hard and soft Paraben) and fumigating these dates with ethyl formate to preserve them and studying the physical traits of the dates under study in three periods (the pre-storage period, the three-month post-storage period and the six-month storage period).The physical traits included (total soluble solids, pH, viscosity, relative viscosity, surface tension, density, refractive index, and electrical conductivity. Keywords: Dates Dusting; Ethyl Formate; Al-Zuhdi; Paraben; Sayer.