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Table 11.7
Examples of Effect of Post-harvest Controlled Atmosphere Storage on Strawberry Fruit Quality.
CO
2
concentration
(kPa)
O
2
concentration
(kPa)
Storage
temperature (°C)
Cultivar
Effects on fruit quality during storage
Reference
Chandler
CO
2
-enriched
atmosphere (ns)
> 20
1.7
⇑ post-harvest decay (
B. cinerea
)
Woodward and Topping 1972
Cambridge
Favourite
—
3
0-20
⇓ respiration rate
Robinson 1975
Elsanta
20
—
0
⇓ respiration rate, post-harvest decay
Hansen 1986
Elvira
20
—
24 for 1 d
⇓ post-harvest decay
Baab 1987
⇔ fruit and calyx colour
⇑ off flavours but recovery 6 h after CO
2
treatment
—
10-30
0.5-2
⇓ post-harvest decay, respiration rate
Hardenburg
et al
. 1990
< 30
< 2
⇑ off flavours, berry discolouration
—
15-20
5-10
0-5
⇓ respiration rate, post-harvest decay
Kader 1989
⇑ firmness retention
< 20
< 2
0-5
⇑ off flavours, ⇑ berry discolouration
—
15-20
10
0
Sealand 1991
Redcoat; 21
A
of 25 cvs.
studied
15
18.5
0 for 42 h
⇑ firmness, post-harvest decay
⇔ L*, H°, TSS or pH
Smith 1992, Smith and Skog,
1992, Smith
et al
., 1993
Chandler
50
0.25 or 21
5 for 1-7 d
⇑ acetylaldehyde, ethanol, ethyl acetate,
ethyl butyrate concentrations and
pyruvate decarboxylase, alcohol
dehydrogenase activities
Ke
et al
. 1994
⇓ isopropyl acetate, propyl acetate, butyl
acetate concentrations and alcohol
acetyl transferase activity,
Chandler
20
10
4
⇑ pH, a*, C*, H°
Nunes
et al
. 1995
⇓ L*
—
20
Air
2
⇑ acetylaldehyde, ethanol and ethyl acetate
Watkins
et al
. 1999
Selva
20
16
5
⇑ pH, succinic acid concentration, H°
Holcroft and Kader 1999
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