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Table 1.3 (continued)

Storage temperature
(°C) and storage
period (days)

Species and food
type

Treatment prior to
packaging

Treatment effect and shelf
life extension Initial gas mix Package material References

Tomatoes
( Lycopersicon
esculentum
Mill.)

1.5 %/5 %/90 %
O 2 /CO 2 /N 2

32 m thick commercial

plastic bag (FRESHPAC) with
OTR: 11.66 mL/m 2 day and
CO 2 TR: 27.97 mL/m 2 day

ʼ Tomatoes were

vaporized with 10 −4 M
of methyl jasmonate
solution

5 °C—63 days Methyl jasmonate treated

tomatoes stored under MAP
showed a shelf life
extension of 3 weeks
(9 weeks of shelf life)
compared to control
samples (109.36 N
fi rmness, 1.42 % weight
loss, 0.23 % citric acid,
after 63 days of storage)

Siripatrawan
and
Assatarakul
( 2009 )

Vine-ripened
tomato fruits
( Solanum
lycopersicum L.)

1. PMAP 1 1. Three-layer laminated (PET/

aluminum/polyethylene) high
barrier pouches were used to
create high CO2 conditions.
2. Micro-perforated PET/
LDPE fi lm pouches

Packages contained
10 g of C 2 H 4 absorber

15 °C—12.6 days and
25 °C—6.6 days

GABA concentration
increased on the second
PMAP by 75 % compared
to control samples as
storage temperature
increased

Mae et al.
( 2010 )

2. PMAP 2

Tomato var.
superjeff

1. CA 5 kPa/3
kPa O 2 /CO 2
2. MAP 5 kPa/3
kPa O 2 /CO 2

For MAP a PE bag was used 13 °C—90 days The application of MAP

and CAS managed to delay
the ripening processes of
tomatoes (5.18 o Brix for
total soluble solids for CAS
on the 90th day and 0.439
and 0.481 titratable acidity
for MAP and CAS on the
40th day). CAS managed to
prolong shelf life at 90 days

Majidi et al.
( 2011 )