High Humidity Storage of Carrots, Parsnips, Rutabagas, and Cabbage1
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- 1 March 1973
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- Vol. 98 (2) , 129-132
- https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.98.2.129
Abstract
Long-term storage tests with carrots, parsnips, rutabagas, and cabbage showed that at 98 to 100% relative humidity (RH), decay in these commodities was either less than or about the same as at 90 to 95% RH, while moisture loss was considerably less and the produce remained crisper, firmer, and of better color at the higher humidity. The optimum storage temperature for minimizing decay was 0 to 1°C. Cabbage stored in 1% O2 with 5% CO2 had less decay and remained greener than cabbage stored in air or in other modified atmospheres with up to 10% O2 and 11% CO2. Limited tests with up to 1-1/2-ton samples of rutabagas and carrots confirmed the small-scale (1 bushel) tests and, for rutabagas, yielded information on temperature variations and air movement within bins.Keywords
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