STORING GALIA MELONS IN A CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE WITH ETHYLENE ABSORBENT

Authors
AHARONI Y COPEL A FALLIK E
Citation
Y. Aharoni et al., STORING GALIA MELONS IN A CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE WITH ETHYLENE ABSORBENT, HortScience, 28(7), 1993, pp. 725-726
Citations number
11
Categorie Soggetti
Horticulture
Journal title
HortScience → ACNP
ISSN journal
00185345
Volume
28
Issue
7
Year of publication
1993
Pages
725 - 726
Database
ISI
SICI code
0018-5345(1993)28:7<725:SGMIAC>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The quality of 'Galia' melons (Cucumis melo pv. reticulates) stored in a controlled atmosphere (CA) of 10% CO2 plus 10% O2 with ethylene abs orbent (EA) for 14 days at 6C and an additional 6 days at 20C was sign ificantly better than that of control fruit or fruit stored in CA only . Fruit stored in CA plus EA were firmer and exhibited less decay than fruit from the other two treatments.