ISHS Acta Horticulturae 444: III International Symposium on Kiwifruit
EFFECTS OF CURING AND COOLING REGIME ON ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND STORAGE BEHAVIOUR OF KIWIFRUIT |
| Authors: | J. Retamales, T. Cooper, J. Montealegre |
| Abstract:
Cooling delays have been adopted lately in Chile to reduce Botrytis rot in kiwifruit. Apart from that, rapid cooling to temperatures near 0 °C is also aimed presumably to prevent excessive fruit softening during storage. The objective of this study was to measure effects of different cooling strategies through 2 experiments, combining curing with or without subsequent rapid cooling prior to cold storage (0 °C). Ethylene production was influenced by cooling regime, but did not show differences between treatments, being extremely low during cold storage. Forced-air cooling caused increased water loss but did not influenced subsequent softening and soluble solids accumulation. Neither cooling delay up to 48 hours nor curing up to 72 hours determined increased softening. | |
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