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CO 2 . Atmospheres were checked hourly and maintained within 0.2 kPa of target values with a ICA 61/CGS 610 CA Control System (International Controlled Atmosphere Ltd., Kent, U.K.) modified with flow controllers for the experimental chambers (Storage

Abbreviations: CA, controlled atmosphere; RA, regular atmosphere: TA, acid concentration. 1 Research Horticulturist. I wish to express appreciation to the Washington State Tree Fruit Research Commission for grant funds partially supporting the study

a controlled atmosphere [CA; 5% CO 2 and 3% O 2 , 5 °C, and 90% to 95% relative humidity (RH)] or in regular air (RA; 5 °C and 90% to 95% RH), harvested from Ponder Farm, Ty Ty, GA, in 2011. Rows labeled Cultivar, Storage, and Cultivar × storage

(Sanremo ® 960) and had the capacity to hold 1.2 kg of strawberries (110 fruit in a single layer ≈1.1 kg) at 10 ± 1 °C for 10 d. Four chambers were used (replicate) per gas mixture per day of analyses. Treatment application: controlled atmosphere and

Controlled Atmosphere Storage of Fruits and Vegetables. A.K. Thompson. 1998. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, NY 10016. 278 p., 32 illus. $100.00, hardcover. ISBN 0-85199-267-6.

periods in controlled atmosphere (CA) storage for ‘Empire’ apples. The most serious of these is a diffuse flesh browning ( DeEll et al., 2007 ; Watkins and Nock, 2005 ). The disorder is similar to flesh browning as described by Meheriuk et al. (1994

(ICA 61 Laboratory System; International Controlled Atmosphere Ltd., Paddock Wood, U.K.). All the CA treatments were imposed on the day of harvest; fruit were not cooled before placement in CA. The storage temperature was maintained by placing the CA

weeks in air at 5 °C or in a controlled atmosphere (CA) of 2% O 2 /2% CO 2 at 5 °C or 7 °C. Values are the mean for three orchards, 20 fruit per orchard. After 4 weeks of storage, fruit in CA at 5 °C were firmest and fruit in air at 5 °C were softest

and 2017, and one lot in Ontario, Canada, in 2017. Control and fruit treated with 42 µmol·L −1 1-methycyclopropene (1-MCP) after harvest were held 7 d at 10 °C then at 2.8 °C. Fruit were held in air or a controlled atmosphere (CA) (2.5% O 2 , 0.5% CO

Abbreviations: CA, controlled atmosphere; ULO ultralow oxygen. 1 Versuchsstation für Obstbau, 7980 Ravensburg-Bavendorf, Germany. This research was supported in part by a grant from the German Academic Exchange Service (Deutscher Akademischer