Prevention of chilling injury in sweet bell pepper stored at 1.5ºC by heat treatments and individual shrink packaging

Elazar Fallik; Avital Bar-Yosef; Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia; Zion Aharon; Yaacov Perzelan; Zoran Ilić; Susan Lurie

doi:10.2478/fhort-2013-0141

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Prevention of chilling injury in sweet bell pepper stored at 1.5ºC by heat treatments and individual shrink packaging

Folia Horticulturae

Volume 21 (2009): Issue 2 (December 2009)

By: Elazar Fallik, Avital Bar-Yosef, Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia, Zion Aharon, Yaacov Perzelan, Zoran Ilić and Susan Lurie

Open Access

|Aug 2013

Abstract

The goal of this three-year study was to develop a quarantine-like treatment for two commercial sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) cultivars, based on physical treatments and packaging materials, and to understand, in part, the chilling resistance-mode-of-action.

This research has revealed that individual shrink packaging following prestorage-HWRB treatment, significantly reduced chilling injuries and chilling severity, as shown by very low percentage of CI and a very low CI index, while maintaining a good overall quality (less decay incidence and weight loss) after 21 d at 1.5°C plus 3 d at 20°C (sea transport to USA and Japan from Israel + marketing simulation).

The chilling injury reduction is mainly due to a significant water loss reduction by the shrink film, while HWRB treatment contributed mainly to a significant decay reduction, and to some degree of inhibition of chilling development. Cultivar ‘Selika’ was found less susceptible to chilling then cultivar ‘7158’.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/fhort-2013-0141 | Journal eISSN: 2083-5965 | Journal ISSN: 0867-1761

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Language: English

Page range: 87 - 97

Published on: Aug 1, 2013

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© 2013 Elazar Fallik, Avital Bar-Yosef, Sharon Alkalai-Tuvia, Zion Aharon, Yaacov Perzelan, Zoran Ilić, Susan Lurie, published by Polish Society for Horticultural Sciences (PSHS)
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