Studies on the behavior of the cherries in the storage with modified atmosphere of carbon dioxide

Abstract

A number of previous studies have established that the transportation and storage of fruit at low temperatures is insufficient in many cases and has to ensure optimal part of the gaseous medium characterized by certain concentrations of oxygen, carbon dioxide and nitrogen. The researchs hows the results obtained from the fruit of the cherry maintained in a modified atmosphere of carbon dioxide at various concentrations and for different periods of maintenance. We intended to correlate the administration of carbon dioxide with the exposure time to his treatment so thatby alternating carbon dioxide – rich atmosphere to reduce losses. The experiments revealed a series of issues related to weight loss which had a decreasing proportion related to the size of the CO2 concentration. Regarding the organoleptic analysis were found differences between the experimental values used.