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Prolonged low-temperature storage of eggplants in polyethylene bags

E. Fallik, Naomi Temkin-Gorodeiski, Shoshana Grinberg and H. Davidson

Postharvest Biology and Technology Vol: 5 Issue: 1-2 Pages: 83-89.

1995

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Prolonged low-temperature storage of eggplants in polyethylene bags

The quality of eggplant fruit (Solanum melongena L.) during prolonged storage may be impaired by the susceptibility of the fruits to deterioration and chilling injury at low temperature (<10°C). This work shows that eggplants harvested during winter (December-January) were more susceptible to chilling injury than those harvested during spring (March-April). Storing disinfected eggplant fruits inside an unperforated polyethylene (PE) bag enabled them to be stored at 8°C for more than three weeks without sustaining any chilling injury, whereas disinfected but unbagged control fruits showed severe chilling injury. The cooling rate of the bag-packed fruit was significantly slower than that of the control fruit, and the temperature of the fruit packed in bags was always maintained at 0.5-1.0°C above the storage temperature.