Abstract
Two model storage structures of evaporative cooling (EC) were designed, fabricated and their relative performance in curtailing weight losses and sprouting during storage of potatoes was evaluated in June/July and October/November months. System I, is a metallic chamber without perforations of the evaporative surfaces for restricting ventilation, which maintains a RH of 90 + 5%, and system Π is a weld mesh chamber (2.5 cm mesh) with the evaporative sides covered with wet cloth to provide free movement of evaporatively cooled air, which maintains a RH of 85 + 5%. Both the systems reduced the physiological losses in weight of potatoes during storage compared to those stored at ambient conditions (20-30°C, RH 40-80%). However, the system I has recorded less physiological weight loss than the system II.Both the systems maintained the temperature of air inside the EC closer to wet bulb temperature. Storing potatoes pretreated with sodium salt of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) containing fungicide, Beniate each at 1000 p.p.m. concentration, in the EC containers had slightly reduced sprouting compared to untreated tubers and eliminated spoilage.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
System I maintained relative humidity of 90 + 5%.
- Taxon
- potatoes
Solanum tuberosumt0 - Outcome
- RHe0
- Value
- 90 + 5%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“System I, is a metallic chamber without perforations of the evaporative surfaces for restricting ventilation, which maintains a RH of 90 + 5%”
t0“potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
System II maintained relative humidity of 85 + 5%.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Outcome
- RHe0
- Value
- 85 + 5%e0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“system Π is a weld mesh chamber (2.5 cm mesh) with the evaporative sides covered with wet cloth to provide free movement of evaporatively cooled air, which maintains a RH of 85 + 5%”
t0“potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Both evaporative cooling systems reduced potato physiological weight loss relative to ambient storage.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- Both the systemse0
- Outcome
- physiological losses in weighte0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Comparator
- ambient conditionse0
- Setting
- ambient conditionse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both the systems reduced the physiological losses in weight of potatoes during storage compared to those stored at ambient conditions (20-30°C, RH 40-80%).”
Claim · model-written summary
System I yielded less potato physiological weight loss than system II.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Treatment
- system Ie0
- Outcome
- physiological weight losse0
- Direction
- lesse0
- Comparator
- system IIe0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the system I has recorded less physiological weight loss than the system II.”
t0“potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Both cooling systems kept internal air temperature close to wet bulb temperature.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosumt0
- Outcome
- temperature of air inside the ECe0
- Direction
- closere0
- Comparator
- wet bulb temperaturee0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Both the systems maintained the temperature of air inside the EC closer to wet bulb temperature.”
t0“potatoes”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment with NAA and Beniate slightly reduced sprouting relative to untreated potato tubers in cooling containers.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- sodium salt of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) containing fungicide, Beniate each at 1000 p.p.m. concentratione0
- Outcome
- sproutinge0
- Direction
- reducede0
- Qualifier
- slightlye0
- Comparator
- untreated tuberse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Storing potatoes pretreated with sodium salt of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) containing fungicide, Beniate each at 1000 p.p.m. concentration, in the EC containers had slightly reduced sprouting compared to untreated tubers”
Claim · model-written summary
Pretreatment with NAA and Beniate eliminated potato spoilage in cooling containers.
- Taxon
- potatoesSolanum tuberosume0
- Treatment
- sodium salt of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) containing fungicide, Beniate each at 1000 p.p.m. concentratione0
- Outcome
- spoilagee0
- Direction
- eliminatede0
- Comparator
- untreated tuberse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Storing potatoes pretreated with sodium salt of naphthalene acetic acid (NAA) containing fungicide, Beniate each at 1000 p.p.m. concentration, in the EC containers had slightly reduced sprouting compared to untreated tubers and eliminated spoilage.”
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