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IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT FIRMNESS AND ACIDITY IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORED GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLES BY A RAPID O2 REDUCTION PROCEDURE.

Author(s) : LAU O. L., LOONEY N. E.

Type of article: Article

Summary

GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLES WERE SUBJECTED TO REGULAR AIR STORAGE, TO CONVENTIONAL CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (CA) STORAGE (O2 REDUCED TO 2.5% WITHIN 20-25 DAYS OF HARVEST BY FRUIT RESPIRATION), OR TO SEVERAL RAPID CA PROCEDURES IN WHICH O2 LEVELS WERE QUICKLY REDUCED TO 2.5%. FRUIT SUBJECTED TO RAPID CA WAS CONSISTENTLY 10 TO 20 NEWTONS FIRMER AND SUBSTANTIALLY HIGHER IN TITRATABLE ACIDS THAN THOSE IN CONVENTIONAL CA OR AIR STORAGE AT THE CONCLUSION OF A 6-TO 8-MONTH STORAGE PERIOD.

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  • Original title: IMPROVEMENT OF FRUIT FIRMNESS AND ACIDITY IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORED GOLDEN DELICIOUS APPLES BY A RAPID O2 REDUCTION PROCEDURE.
  • Record ID : 1983-0508
  • Languages: English
  • Source: J. am. Soc. hortic. Sci. - vol. 107 - n. 4
  • Publication date: 1982/07
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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