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Table 1.6 Effect of MAP storage on shelf life of fresh vegetable s

Storage
temperature

Storage
period Atmospheric composition References

Commodity Type of plastic % O 2 % CO 2

7.7 (EMA) 9.8 (EMA) 5 °C 8 days Gil-Izquierdo et al.

( 2002 )

Artichoke LDPE with OTR: 2.1 and CDTR:

4.6 × 10 −10 mol/s m 2 Pa

Asparagus OPP with OTR: 13,200 and CDTR:

10,000 mL/m 2 day atm.

14.5-17.5
(EMA)

5.6-7.8
(EMA)

5 °C 14 days Simon and Gonzalez-

Fantos ( 2011 )

Bamboo shoots LDPE 2 5 10 °C 10 days Shen et al. ( 2006 )

Betel leaves PP fi lm with OTR: 1.49 and CDTR:

5.24 × 10 −6 mL m/m 2 /h/kPa

9 6.5-7 20 °C 10 days Rai et al. ( 2010 )

Broccoli OPP with OTR: 1,300 and CDTR:

4,900 mL/m 2 day atm.

15.3-18.8
(EMA)

2.5-6.7
(EMA)

4 °C 15 days Jacobsson et al. ( 2004c )

Broccoli fl orets PE 2 (EMA) 14 (EMA) 4 °C 13 days Jia et al. ( 2009 )

Broccoli heads PP with OTR: 1,600 and CDTR:

3,600 mL/m 2 day atm.

5 (EMA) 6 (EMA) 1 °C 28 days Serrano et al. ( 2006 )

Cabbage,
shredded

5.8 (EMA) 4.2 (EMA) 4 °C 9 days Gomez-Lopez et al.

( 2007b )

Carrots PE 5 5 5 °C 10 days Alasalvar et al. ( 2005 )

Carrots Film with OTR: 3,529 mL O 2 /kg h 4.5 %

(EMA)

8.9 (EMA) 7 °C 8 days Gomez-Lopez et al.

( 2007a )

Caulifl ower OPP with OTR: 45,000 and CDTR:

45,000 mL/m 2 day atm.

15-18
(EMA)

4 (EMA) 4 °C 20 days Simon et al. ( 2008 )

Celery sticks OPP with OTR: 5,500 and CDTR:

10,000 mL/m 2 day atm.

6 (EMA) 7 (EMA) 4 °C 15 days Gomez and Artes ( 2005 )

Chicory endive OTR: 3,704 mL O 2 /m 2 24 h atm. 3 2-5 7 °C 6 days Jacxsens et al. ( 2003 )