ISHS Acta Horticulturae 38: Symposium on Vegetable Storage
THE EFFECT OF MECHANICAL HARVESTING ON CARROT QUALITY AND STORAGE PERFORMANCE |
| Author: | W.G. Tucker |
| Abstract:
The effects of mechanical harvesting on carrot skin quality and storage performance are reviewed and illustrated by experiments in which carrots were given various pre-storage damaging or desiccation treatments. The results indicate that rotting in store increased with the relative severity of pre- storage treatment but was reduced (in another experiment) when pre-storage holding conditions produced some desiccation (3 or 6 % weight loss). | |
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