Abstract
ABSTRACT ‘Bosc’pears (Pyrus communis L.) were placed in a purge‐type controlled–atmosphere (CA) storage immediately after harvest (>24 h) and held for 180 days at 1C. Oxygen in all atmospheres was 1.5% and CO 2 was 1%, 3% or 5%. Pears were evaluated immediately after removal from CA storage and after ripening for an additional 7 days at 21 C. Pears stored in 3% CO 2 were firmer, had a superior finish, with significantly reduced decay and internal breakdown than pears stored in 1% CO 2 . In 3% CO 2 , pears retained the ability to ripen after long‐term storage. A 10 day delay in atmosphere establishment had little or no influence on the long‐term keeping quality or ripening ability of ‘Bosc’pears. Firmness, soluble solids content and starch either alone or together were good indices of maturity for ‘Bosc’ pears.
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Claim · model-written summary
Pears stored in 3% CO2 had significantly reduced decay and internal breakdown compared with 1% CO2.
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e1“Pears stored in 3% CO 2 were firmer, had a superior finish, with significantly reduced decay and internal breakdown than pears stored in 1% CO 2”
Claim · model-written summary
Pears stored in 3% CO2 were firmer and had a superior finish than pears stored in 1% CO2.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e1“Pears stored in 3% CO 2 were firmer, had a superior finish, with significantly reduced decay and internal breakdown than pears stored in 1% CO 2”
Claim · model-written summary
In 3% CO2, pears retained the ability to ripen after long-term storage.
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e2“In 3% CO 2 , pears retained the ability to ripen after long‐term storage”
Claim · model-written summary
A 10 day delay in atmosphere establishment had little or no influence on long-term keeping quality or ripening ability.
- Treatment
- 10 day delay in atmosphere establishmente3
- Outcome
- keeping quality or ripening abilitye3
- Direction
- little or no influencee3
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e3“A 10 day delay in atmosphere establishment had little or no influence on the long‐term keeping quality or ripening ability of ‘Bosc’pears”
Claim · model-written summary
Firmness, soluble solids content and starch were good indices of maturity for Bosc pears, alone or together.
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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e4“Firmness, soluble solids content and starch either alone or together were good indices of maturity for ‘Bosc’ pears”
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