Optimum MA for cherries with Palliflex

Postharvest, poscosecha, postcosecha, cherry, cereza The use of Pallifex storage system is getting popular and suitable for short and long term storage under CA and ULO conditions for many fruits and vegetables. In this system, instead of whole cold room, a desired atmosphere is created in individual pallets. In this research, the effects of different atmosphere compositions on postharvest fruit quality of ?Ziraat 0900? cherries were investigated. For this purpose, ?cherries were stored for 90 days at 0 ?C temperature with 95% relative humidity in five different atmosphere compositions. These compositions were: 21% O2 + 0.03% CO2 (Control - P1),2% O2 + 0.03% CO2 (P2),2% O2 + 2.5% CO2 (P3), 2% O2 + 5% CO2 (P4), and 1% O2 + 2.5% CO2 (P5). Fruit samples were taken from different storage conditions at certain intervals and physical and chemical parameters such as weight loss, flesh firmness, soluble solid content, titratable acidity, color (C, Hue), stem browning and percentage of fungal and physiological disorders were determined and recorded on the cherries. In the study, P5 atmosphere composition was found to be the best atmosphere composition for fruit firmness and soluble solids content retention. Similarly, weight loss of the cherries was the lowest in this composition than other atmosphere compositions. Stem browning was the lowest in P3 and P4 treatments. In terms of titratable acidity P2 and P5 treatments were the most successful treatments and titratable acidity level of the cherries was the highest at the end of 60 days of storage. Fungal and physiological deteriorations were the lowest in P5 and the highest in P1 and P5 treatments. Original title, complete list of authors, and sources: EFFECTS OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERES IMPOSED WITH THE PALLIFLEX SYSTEM ON THE POSTHARVEST FRUIT QUALITY OF CHERRIESKuruba?, M.S., ?ahin, G. and Erkan, M.erkan@akdeniz.edu.trDepartment of Horticulture, Akdeniz University 07059 Antalya, TurkeyCA MA 2013, XI International Controlled & Modified Atmosphere Research Conference Trani (Italy), 3-7 June 2013