Forced-air cooling rates of highbush blueberries (Vaccinium corymbosum L.) packaged in 6-oz (177-mL) or 1-pt (473-mL) clamshell containers were affected by positions of vent holes in corrugated flats. Most rapid cooling occurred in flats with vents across the top of the flat. Additional vents aligned in front of clamshells resulted in more rapid and uniform cooling than vents placed between clamshells. Vent holes in the bottom of flats had no effect on cooling rates. Clamshells cooled more slowly in the front of the pallet where cold air entered than in the back of the pallet where cold air exited. Fruit in 6-oz clamshells cooled faster than fruit in 1-pt clamshells.
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Jerry C. Leyte and Charles F. Forney
Ka Yeon Jeong and James E. Altland
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Keisha Rose-Harvey, Kevin J. McInnes, and James C. Thomas
make room for the fabric between the pipe and cap. The top of the cap was sealed to the pipe with silicone caulk. To facilitate drainage out of the hole in the bottom of the cap, a vent hole was drilled on the side of the cap midway between the bottom
Kathryn M. Santos, Paul R. Fisher, and William R. Argo
measurements. The volume of solution leached from the propagation trays was measured by placing 20 15 × 45-cm “leachate collection trays” beneath five propagation trays per crop. The vent holes on the top of plug trays (in between the plug cells) were covered
Ben A. Bergmann, John M. Dole, and Ingram McCall
sleeves (Hummert International, Earth City, MO). Sleeves were high-density polyethylene with eight vent holes on each of four sides and had a base diameter of 8 inches, a top diameter of 24 inches, and height of 30 inches. Sleeved plants were then placed
Kaitlyn M. Orde and Rebecca Grube Sideman
). Several recent studies have demonstrated that air temperatures are increased under low tunnels compared with traditional open beds, including for films with and without vent holes on the lower 12 inches of the film ( Condori et al., 2017 ; Lewers et al