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PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE ADDED TO CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES ON FRUITS.

Author(s) : KADER A. A.

Summary

CO IS A FUNGISTATIC GAS ; ITS EFFECTIVENESS IS GREATLY ENHANCED WHEN COMBINED WITH REDUCED O2 ATMOSPHERES (BROWN ROT ON PEACHES AND BOTRYTIS ROT ON TOMATOES, STRAWBERRIES, AND GRAPES). CO + AIR STIMULATED CO2 AND C2H4 PRODUCTION AND ENHANCED SOFTENING OF PEACH FRUITS. HOWEVER, CO + ELEVATED CO2 AND/OR REDUCED O2 LEVELS DECREASED RESPIRATION AND C2 H4 PRODUCTION RATES AND DELAYED SOFTENING. DIFFERENCES AMONG TREATMENTS IN SOLUBLE SOLIDS, TOTAL SUGARS, PH, TITRATABLE ACIDITY, TOTAL CAROTENOIDS, AND TOTAL PHENOLICS WERE SMALL. IF CO (5-11%) IS TO BE USED ON FRUITS, IT SHOULD BE COMBINED WITH REDUCED O2 (2-4%) TO MAXIMIZE ITS FUNGISTATIC EFFECTS AND MINIMIZE ITS C2H4 MIMICKING EFFECTS ON RIPENING.

Details

  • Original title: PHYSIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL EFFECTS OF CARBON MONOXIDE ADDED TO CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERES ON FRUITS.
  • Record ID : 1984-1478
  • Languages: English
  • Publication date: 1982/08
  • Source: Source: Proc. int. hortic. Congr., Hamburg/Acta Hortic.
    n. 138; 221-226; ref.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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