A 24-h anoxia treatment reduces decay development while maintaining tomato fruit quality

Fallik, Elazar; Polevaya, Yulia; Tuvia-Alkalai, Sharon; Shalom, Yavin; Zuckermann, Hanna

A 24-h anoxia treatment reduces decay development while maintaining tomato fruit quality

2003

Fallik, Elazar | Polevaya, Yulia | Tuvia-Alkalai, Sharon | Shalom, Yavin | Zuckermann, Hanna

A short-term anoxia treatment for 24 h significantly reduced rot development in tomato fruit artificially inoculated with Botrytis cinerea compared with control fruit. In fruit treated for 48 h, anoxia significantly inhibited rot development compared with the control, during the first 4 days of the experiment, but the rate of rot development was accelerated from day 6 onward. After 8 days incubation at 20 °C, there were no changes in fruit physical or sensory quality that could be attributed to the 24-h anoxia treatment. However, a 48-h anoxia treatment reduced fruit quality, damaged the fruit and caused off-flavour.

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