ISHS Acta Horticulturae 156: XII Working Party on Greenhouse Cucumbers
EFFECTS OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND WRAPPING ON THE KEEPING QUALITY OF CUCUMBER FRUITS |
| Author: | F. Adamicki |
| Abstract:
Cucumber fruits cv. Skierniewicki were wrapped in plastic films /polyethylene - PE 5381 and polyvinyl chloride PVC 5974/ and stored at 5°C; 12,5°C; 15°C for 7 and 14 days and subsequently 2 days at 20°C. Visual quality of fruits was measured by scoring appearance and taste on the scale 1–9. A significant decrease in weight loss of cucumbers wrapped in plastic films against non-wrapped cucumbers was observed under all storage conditions. Weight losses of cucumbers wrapped in plastic film did not exceed 0,5 % after 7 days storage at basic temperatures following 2 days at 20°C, whereas without wrapping weight losses increased up to 8,4 %. Pre-packaging of cucumber fruits in plastic films extended the storage life and resulted in a slight increase in quality scores /colour, taste and market quality/ during shelf-life. The chilling injury symptoms of excessive softening and surface breakdown occurred only at 5°C and were visible after transfer to a higher temperature, however first symptoms were also observed after 7 days at 5°C. The severity of visible symptoms of chilling injury was higher in non-wrapped fruits. | |
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