Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXV, Issue 1
Written by Adrian CHIRA, Lenuța CHIRA, Ligia ION, Elena DELIAN, Alexandru Valentin GHIORGHIU
The studies carried out and shown in the present paper were performed for four cherry varieties: 'Hedelfinger’, 'Stella’, 'Boambe de Cotnari’ and 'Durone di Vignola’. The storage capacity, the weight losses and the quality depreciations were measured as well. The fruits were stored in the following environment condition variants: V1 = modified atmosphere, at 2-3°C and 85-90% RH; V2 = modified atmosphere at 24 - 25°C and 80-85% RH; V3= cold storage, at 2-3°C and 75-80% RH; V4 = room temperature conditions at 24 – 25°C and 70-75% RH. The results obtained have proven the advantage of storing fruits in modified atmosphere, the storage durations ranging from 12 days for the 'Boambe de Cotnari’ variety to 18 days for the 'Durone di Vignolaʼ variety. The 'Durone di Vignola’ variety has proven to have been the best preserved at the end of the storage period, the total losses recorded being of 2.3% in room temperature conditions after 8 days and only 9.2% after 18 days of storage in modified atmosphere.
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