Abstract
SummaryStrawberries, cv Cambridge Favourite, picked early during the 1979, 1980 and 1981 seasons were less susceptible to fungal spoilage during cool storage at 2°C or shelf-life at 15°C than fruit harvested from the same crops later during each of these seasons. Polyethylene-covered pallets of soft fruit commercially treated with a patented sealing and CO2-injection system were found after transportation to contain between 3 and 16% CO2, most containing <10%. In experiments to simulate conditions in commercially-treated pallet-packs of strawberries, 3, 5 or 10% CO2 (in air) did not consistently retard spoilage of fruit by Botrytis cinerea or Mucor piriformis during six days at 2°C or during subsequent shelf-life in air at 15°C; 10% CO2 also caused persistent off-flavours. Although these CO2-enriched atmospheres did not reduce wastage or extend the post-harvest life of Cambridge Favourite strawberrries, the use of polyethylene covers on pre-cooled strawberries is recommended to help keep the fruit cool and reduce moisture loss during distribution.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Strawberries picked early in the season were less susceptible to fungal spoilage than later-harvested fruit.
- Taxon
- strawberries
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Fragaria ×ananassat0 - Material
- cv Cambridge Favouritee1
- Treatment
- picked earlye1
- Outcome
- fungal spoilagee1
- Direction
- less susceptiblee1
- Comparator
- fruit harvested from the same crops later during each of these seasonse1
- Setting
- cool storage at 2°Ce1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
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Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e1“Strawberries, cv Cambridge Favourite, picked early during the 1979, 1980 and 1981 seasons were less susceptible to fungal spoilage during cool storage at 2°C or shelf-life at 15°C than fruit harvested from the same crops later during each of these seasons”
Claim · model-written summary
Three, five or ten percent CO2 did not consistently retard fungal spoilage of strawberries by Botrytis cinerea or Mucor piriformis.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 3, 5 or 10% CO2 (in air)e2
- Interactor
- Botrytis cinerea
Botrytis cinereae2pathogen - Second interactor
- Mucor piriformisMucor piriformise2pathogen
- Outcome
- spoilage of fruite2
- Direction
- did not consistently retarde2
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e2“3, 5 or 10% CO2 (in air) did not consistently retard spoilage of fruit by Botrytis cinerea or Mucor piriformis during six days at 2°C or during subsequent shelf-life in air at 15°C”
Claim · model-written summary
Ten percent CO2 caused persistent off-flavours in strawberries.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- 10% CO2e3
- Outcome
- persistent off-flavourse3
Not reportedComparatorDirection
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e3“10% CO2 also caused persistent off-flavours”
Claim · model-written summary
CO2-enriched atmospheres did not reduce strawberry wastage.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- CO2-enriched atmospherese4
- Outcome
- wastagee4
- Direction
- did not reducee4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e4“Although these CO2-enriched atmospheres did not reduce wastage or extend the post-harvest life of Cambridge Favourite”
Claim · model-written summary
CO2-enriched atmospheres did not extend the post-harvest life of Cambridge Favourite strawberries.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- CO2-enriched atmospherese4
- Outcome
- post-harvest lifee4
- Direction
- did not reduce wastage or extende4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e4“Although these CO2-enriched atmospheres did not reduce wastage or extend the post-harvest life of Cambridge Favourite”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend polyethylene covers on pre-cooled strawberries to reduce moisture loss during distribution.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Treatment
- polyethylene covers on pre-cooled strawberriese5
- Outcome
- moisture loss during distributione5
- Direction
- reducee5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e5“the use of polyethylene covers on pre-cooled strawberries is recommended to help keep the fruit cool and reduce moisture loss during distribution”
Claim · model-written summary
CO2 in commercially treated polyethylene-covered strawberry pallets after transport was between 3 and 16%, mostly below 10%.
- Taxon
- strawberriesFragaria ×ananassat0
- Outcome
- CO2e6
- Value
- between 3 and 16%e6
- Qualifier
- most containing <10%e6
- Setting
- after transportatione6
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“the storage and shelf-life of strawberries”
e6“Polyethylene-covered pallets of soft fruit commercially treated with a patented sealing and CO2-injection system were found after transportation to contain between 3 and 16% CO2, most containing <10%”
The same questions in other papers
co2 · Botrytis cinerea · Fragaria x ananassa (strawberry)Positive and negative results
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