ISHS Acta Horticulturae 69: II International Symposium on Pear Growing
RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF "CONFERENCE" PEARS IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE |
| Authors: | C. Poma Treccani, M. Boscarello |
| Abstract:
"Conference" pears behavior at different levels of CO2 and O2 and in normal cold store has been studied. The increase of CO2 to 3%, 5%, 7% gave progressive advantage to flesh firmness, but increased at the same time and in the same way brown core incidence. Damage reduction due to rise of O2 levels from 3% to 8%–12%–16% was very evident only when 5% CO2 and 8% O2 concentrations were used. The optimum date of harvest was very important: early picking controlled brown core incidence also in high CO2 level (7%). Large-sized pears were much more injured than smaller ones. | |
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