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QUALITY AND RIPENESS OF CALIFORNIA KIWIFRUIT AFTER REFRIGERATED STORAGE AND TRANSPORT TO OVERSEAS MARKETS.

Author(s) : HARVEY J. M., HARRIS C. M., HINSCH R. T.

Summary

VARIOUS LOTS WITH AVERAGE INITIAL FIRMNESS MEASUREMENTS RANGING FROM 7.3 TO 10.9 KILOGRAM FORCE (KGF) SOFTENED TO 2.3 KGF IN 30, 65, 125 OR 130 DAYS. ADDITIONAL SOFTENING TO ABOUT 0.9 KGF OCCURRED DURING SHIPMENT FROM CALIFORNIA TO EUROPE (25 TO 32 DAYS). ALTHOUGH THERMOSTATS OF VAN CONTAINERS WERE SET AT 273.5 K (0.5 DEG C), TEMPERATURES VARIED AS MUCH AS 5 K WITHIN LOADS AND AVERAGE TEMPERATURES WERE 1 TO 2 K ABOVE THE SET POINT FOR MOST OF THE SHIPMENTS. ETHYLENE LEVELS WERE GENERALLY BELOW THE THRESHOLD LEVEL (25 PPB). SOME FRUIT WERE EXCESSIVELY SOFT ON ARRIVAL IN EUROPE. DECAY LOSSES RANGED FROM 1.6 TO 9.6% AT TIME OF SHIPMENT AND AN ADDITIONAL 0.7 TO 2.5% DECAY WAS PRESENT ON ARRIVAL OVERSEAS.

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  • Original title: QUALITY AND RIPENESS OF CALIFORNIA KIWIFRUIT AFTER REFRIGERATED STORAGE AND TRANSPORT TO OVERSEAS MARKETS.
  • Record ID : 1987-1582
  • Languages: English
  • Source: Technology advances in refrigerated storage and transport.
  • Publication date: 1985/11/17
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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