ISHS Acta Horticulturae 62: Symposium on Vegetable Storage
CA STORAGE OF CHINESE CABBAGE (BRASSICA PEKINENSIS (LOUR.) RUPR.) |
| Author: | J. Weichmann |
| Abstract:
The interest in the production of chinese cabbage increases in the F.R. Germany (Benk, 1971; Frenz and Andresen, 1974; Hönick, 1974; Seitz, 1974; Seitz and Heinen, 1973; Titze, 1975). As blossoming of the existing cultivars mostly occurs under long-day conditions (Fritz and Stolz, 1973), chinese cabbage is grown during late summer and autumn. To provide a prolonged marketing season, chinese cabbage has to be stored. In the production areas of Europe, storage of chinese cabbage takes place under uncontrolled conditions (Müller, 1975). Storage losses differ according to the temperature fluctuations and can reach 20–30 % after one month's storage (Banholzer and Henkel, 1969) or more than 60 % after 3 months' storage (Frenz and Andresen, 1974). In Japan, as there are no severe frosts which damage the plants, chinese cabbage is stored in the open air (Sakata, 1976). Little is known about storage of chinese cabbage (Banholzer and Henkel, 1969; Berg and Lentz, 1974; Frenz and Andresen, 1974; Fröhlich and Henkel, 1959). Investigations into storage of chinese cabbage are scarce in Japan, too (Nakamura, 1976). This study therefore aimed at clarifying whether storage losses of chinese cabbage can be reduced under well defined and reproducable. conditions. | |
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