Research Funded by NTFVDC

NTFVDC Literature List

1. O.L. Lau. 2000. Correct harvest maturity and controlled atmosphere storage increase storage potential of ‘Ambrosia’ apples – 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999 assessment. Okanagan Federated Shippers Association Industry Research Report. 26 pp.
2. New Tree Fruit Varieties Development Council. 2001. Grower workshop for Ambrosia apple. Workshop proceedings.
3. O.L. Lau. 2002. Refining harvest maturity, MCP treatment, and storage regime for maximizing keeping quality of ‘Ambrosia’ apples. First progress report for the TFIDF-assisted research project. 33 pp.
4. O.L. Lau. 2002. The use of starch test to determine maturity, harvest dates and storage potential of ‘Ambrosia’ apple. Okanagan Federated Shippers Association Industry Research Report. 4 pp.
5. Benchmark Research Inc. 2002. Ambrosia consumer marketing study. Summary of Findings to NTFVDC. 2 pp.
6. Mike Sanders. 2004. Comments and observations from Ambrosia study. Report to Council. 10 pp.
7. Margaret Cliff and Fay Wu. 2005. Preferences for Ambrosia and Fuji apples by Asian consumers. AAFC Technical Brief. 9 pp.
8. Bill Wolk and Rita Yastremski. 2006. ‘Ambrosia’ fruitlet mineral project: Establishing standard recommended fruitlet mineral concentrations for optimal ‘Ambrosia’ fruit quality. Report to Investment Agriculture. 29 pp.
9. Jennifer DeEll and Behrouz Ehsani-Moghaddam. 2008. Optimum postharvest handling and SmarthFreshTM (1-MCP) treatment of ‘Ambrosia’ apples. Report – Year 2 (2007 Harvest). Technical Brief. 7 pp.
10. Charlotte Leaming. 2008. Summary of horticultural information for Ambrosia growers. Technical Brief. 8 pp.
11. Okanagan Tree Fruit Company. 2008. Ambrosia starch chart. Technical pamphlet.
12. Tamara Richards and Linda Edwards. 2010. Rosy Apple Aphid management in organic apple orchards. Technical Brief. 5 pp.
13. Cheryl Hampson and Karen Bedford. 2011. Efficacy of blossom thinning treatments to reduce fruit set and increase fruit size of Ambrosia and Aurora Golden Gala apples. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 91: 983-990.
14. T.A. Richardson, A.E. Brown and L. Edwards. 2012. Management strategies for control of the Rosy Apple Aphid, Dysaphis plantaginaea (Passerini) (Homoptera: Aphididae) in organic apple orchards in British Columbia. Fruit & Vegetable Field Crops. Excerpt from the Proceedings of the Canadian Organic Science Conference and Science Cluster Strategic Meetings, Winnipeg, Manitoba, February 21-23, 2012.
15. Peter Toivonen and Bill Wolk. 2012. Summary of analyses for Ambrosia soft scald research 2011-12. 3 pp.
16. Peter Toivonen. 2012. Controlled atmosphere storage experiments for ‘Ambrosia’ apples 2011-12. Technical Report. 7 pp.
17. Peter Toivonen et al. 2012. Evaluation of Non-Destructive Instruments for Assessing Apple Maturity and Quality: 2011 Results. Technical Report. 21 pp.
18. Tamara Richards. 2013. Spring and autumn oil sprays for suppression of Dysaphis plantaginea on apples. Technical Brief. 7 pp.
19. Dennis Quach. 2014. Efficacy of the European Earwig (Forficula auricularia) as a Generalist Biocontrol Agent. Master Thesis at Simon Fraser University.
20. Peter Toivonen. 2014. Update on Activity 4: Improving flavor of CA stored and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treated Ambrosia™ apples. Technical Brief. 9 pp.
21. Peter Toivonen. 2015. Comparison of IAD and starch-iodine indices at harvest and how they relate to post-storage firmness retention in AmbrosiaTM apples over three growing seasons. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 95: 1177-1180.
22. Globalwise Inc. 2016. BC Ambrosia marketing final report. 44 pp.
23. Tamara Richardson. 2016. Final Report for Project # INN193. Earwigs for biological control: Evaluating a much maligned insect as a generalist predator. Technical Report 74 pp.
24. Tamara Richardson. 2016.How to enhance earwig populations on your farm. Technical Brief. 2 pp.
25. Peter Toivonen and Margaret Cliff. 2016. Update on improving Ambrosia™ apple quality after long term storage. Progress presentation. 19 pp.
26. Brian Berekoff. 2017. Ambrosia retail quality assessment pilot project. Technical Brief. 7 pp.
27. New Tree Fruit Varieties Development Council. 2017. Picker training check points for apples. July 2017 Newsletter.
28. Summerland Varieties Corp. 2017. Dynamic controlled atmosphere (DCA) storage of organic Ambrosia apples. Final report to Investment Agriculture Foundation. 19 pp.
29. Summerland Varieties Corp. 2017. Use of aerial imagery for tree fruit orchard mapping. Final report to Investment Agriculture Foundation. 19 pp.
30. Margaret Cliff and Peter Toivonen. 2017. Sensory and quality characteristics of ‘Ambrosia’ apples in relation to harvest maturity for fruit stored up to eight months. Postharvest Biology and Technology, 132: 145-153.
31. Charlotte Leaming. 2018. Hand thinning time. Technical Brief. 2 pp.
32. Peter Toivonen, Changwen Lu, and Jared Stoochnoff. 2018. Postharvest quality implications of preharvest treatments applied to enhance Ambrosia™ apple red blush colour at harvest. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 99: 40-49.
33. Peter Toivonen et al. 2019. Biochemical and gene expression involved in red blush color development in ‘Ambrosia’ apple. Journal of American Horticulture Science, 144(3): 164-171.
34. Lighthouse 9. 2020. New horizons for Ambrosia. Presentation to NTFVDC. 70 pp.
35. Adrian Arts. 2020. Quality assessment of Ambrosia apples in the Western retail market. Technical Report. 26 pp.
36. Charlotte Leaming. 2021. Survey on the Effectiveness of Reflective Tarps On Ambrosia – 2021. Presentation to NTFVDC. 21 pp.
37. Tamara Richardson and William McPhee. 2021. Reducing storage breakdown in apples. Final Report. 18 pp.
38. Hao Xu and Danielle Ediger. 2012. Rootstock with different vigor influenced scion-water relations and stress responses in Ambrosia apple trees. Plants, 10, 614.
39. Changwen Lu. 2022. Early-summer deficit irrigation increases the dry-matter content and enhances the quality of Ambrosia apples at- and post-harvest. Horticulturae, 8, 571.
40. Changwen Lu and Peter Toivonen. 2022. Scheduling adequate irrigation mitigates postharvest soft scald disorder of Ambrosia™ apples grown in a semiarid eco-zone. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 102: 884-890.
41. Changwen Lu and Hao Xu. 2022. Summer fruitlet thinning enhanced quality attributes of Ambrosia™ apple at harvest and after 4 months of cold air storage. Canadian Journal of Plant Science, 101: 1041-1050.
42. Hau Xu et al. 2022. Characteristics of sunburn browning fruit and rootstock-dependent damage-free yield of Ambrosia apple after sustained summer heat events. Plants, 11, 1201.
43. Masoumeh Bejaei and Hao Xu. 2023. Internal quality attributes and sensory characteristics of ‘Ambrosia’ apples with different dry matter content after a two-week and ten-week air storage at 1 °C. Foods, 12, 219.