Combined effects of prohexadione‐calcium and growing environment on sweet cherry fruit quality and postharvest performance

Key Points

• The research aims to assess how prohexadione-calcium affects the quality and postharvest performance of sweet cherries in various growing environments.
• Evaluated the impacts of prohexadione-calcium on sweet cherry fruit quality.
• Compared firmness and nutraceutical stability across different growing conditions.
• Prohexadione-calcium enhanced fruit firmness.
• Improved nutraceutical stability was observed in treated cherries.
• Overall postharvest quality was better for cherries grown under varied conditions.