date:Aug 19, 2013
resence of cuts, punctures or other peel wounds that may pave the way to attack by decay microbes.
To learn more about these less familiar patterns, the researchers sampled about 5,000 navel oranges over a two-year period. Oranges were sorted by fluorescence level-zero, sparse, moderate or high-noted during UV screening. In addition, the oranges were evaluated under normal lightnot UVwithin 24 hours after UV screening and after the fruit had been stored at 59 degrees Fahrenheit for three weeks.