EFFECTS OF DELAYED COOLING AND DELAYED LOW-ETHYLENE CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STORAGE ON THE KEEPING QUALITY OF < MCINTOSH > APPLES.

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MCINTOSH APPLES FROM TREES FIELD-SPRAYED WITH DAMINOZIDE WERE KEPT IN JARS IN AIR AT 276 K (3 DEG C) FOR VARIOUS PERIODS BEFORE BEING SEALED AND EXPOSED TO LOW-ETHYLENE CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE. SIMILAR APPLES WERE KEPT IN SEALED JARS WITH FLOW-THROUGH LOW-ETHYLENE CA AT 293 K (20 DEG C) FOR VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME BEFORE BEING COOLED TO 276 K. AFTER THE PRESTORAGE TREATMENTS OF DELAYED ESTABLISHMENT OF LOW-ETHYLENE CA STORAGE (DELAYED CA) OR DELAYED COOLING, THESE APPLES WERE STORED IN THE SAME JARS. DELAYED COOLING OR DELAYED CA FOR ONE TO 4 DAYS HAD LITTLE ADVERSE EFFECT ON THE KEEPING QUALITY. DELAYED COOLING FOR 5 DAYS OR DELAYED CA FOR 5 TO 7 DAYS CAUSED SLIGHT DECREASES IN FIRMNESS AND ACIDITY. DELAYED COOLING FOR 7 TO 11 DAYS OR DELAYED CA FOR 9 TO 11 DAYS CAUSED SIGNIFICANT DECREASES IN FIRMNESS AND ACIDITY AND LARGE INCREASES IN ETHYLENE PRODUCTION.

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Original title: EFFECTS OF DELAYED COOLING AND DELAYED LOW-ETHYLENE CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STORAGE ON THE KEEPING QUALITY OF < MCINTOSH > APPLES.
Record ID : 1987-0980
Languages: English
Source: J. am. Soc. hortic. Sci. - vol. 111 - n. 5
Publication date: 1986/09
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Themes: Food quality and safety. Microbiology;
Fruit
Keywords: Controlled atmosphere; Chilling; Organoleptic property; Apple; Ethylene