Low pressure (hypobaric) storage of several fruits and vegetables.
Spalding D. H.
Author Affiliation: Subtropical Horticulture Research Unit, Miami, FL 33158, USA.
Proceedings of the Florida State Horticultural Society 92 : 201-203
Abstract : Ninety to 100% of Waldin and Lisa avocados stored at 20 mm Hg and 10 deg C for 3 weeks and softened at 760 mm Hg and 21 deg were acceptable, whereas only 30-50% and 0%, respectively, of those stored at 76 and 760 mm Hg were acceptable. Forty-eight % of Tommy Atkins mangoes stored at 76 mm Hg and 13 deg for 5 weeks and softened at 760 mm Hg and 21 deg were acceptable, whereas 18% and 0% of similar mangoes stored at 22 and 760 mm Hg were acceptable, respectively. Tomatoes harvested at breaker and turning stages of ripeness and stored at 76 or 100 mm Hg and 13 deg for 2 weeks ripened more slowly, but developed more sour rot, than similar tomatoes stored at 760 mm Hg. McCaslan 42 pole beans and Sprite bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) stored better at 76 and 152 mm Hg and 7 deg for 2 weeks than similar beans stored at 760 mm Hg. Yellow crookneck squash (Cucurbita pepo) stored with the pole and bush beans were similar in appearance on removal from storage, regardless of storage pressure.