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The effects of postharvest treatments to extend the storage of tomato fruit.

Yanuriati, A.; Savage, G. P.; Rowe, R. N.;

Proceedings of the Nutrition Society of New Zealand Year: 1996 Vol: 21 Pages: 137-141 Ref: 23 ref.

1996

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The effects of postharvest treatments to extend the storage of tomato fruit.

Two maturity stages of commercially grown tomatoes (breaker and mature green) were exposed to ethanol vapour for 6 h at 20 deg C prior to storage at 5 and 20 deg C. During storage the colour and firmness were examined every 3 and 7 days, respectively. The results showed that ethanol vapour treatment could significantly slow down the colour changes and softening of both mature green and breaker tomatoes with greater effects on storage at 5 deg C. No different effects of maturity in retardation of colour changes and softening were found. The results suggest that ethanol vapour pretreatment could be used as a cheap and easy method to extend the storage life of tomatoes.