Jj. Polderdijk et al., THE EFFECTS OF CONTROLLED-ATMOSPHERE STORAGE AT VARYING LEVELS OF RELATIVE-HUMIDITY ON WEIGHT-LOSS, SOFTENING AND DECAY OF RED BELL PEPPERS, Scientia horticulturae, 55(3-4), 1993, pp. 315-321
The influence of controlled atmosphere (CA) storage on weight loss, so
ftening and decay of red bell peppers was investigated for various lev
els of relative humidity (RH). The bell peppers were stored for 15 day
s at 8-degrees-C and 3% CO2/3% O2 or 0% CO2/21% O2. For each gaseous c
ondition four RH levels were tested (85, 90, 95 and 100%). This was fo
llowed by 7 days post-storage in air at 20-degrees-C and 70% RH. The i
ncidence of fruit decay during post-storage increased with increasing
levels of RH during storage. CA storage at 3% CO2/3% O2 reduced the in
cidence of fruit decay during post-storage compared.with storage at 0%
CO2/21% O2. Weight loss and softening increased with decreasing level
s of RH during storage, with no difference found between storage at 3%
CO2/3% O2 and 0% CO2/21% O2.