2001 Volume 63 Issue 2 Pages 60-68
To obtain the respiratory characteristic of agricultural product, the controlled atmospheric storage was conducted by using the desiccator at 5°C, 10°C and 25°C. As the experimental sample, mature green tomatoes and red ripe tomatoes were used. In a closed system, ripening was inhibited for tomato stored in low oxygen atmosphere, and the pseudo-periodic stop was observed at the critical respiration. It was confirmed that at 5°C tomatoes suffered chilling injury in the low oxygen atmospheric storage. Moreover, the oxygen permeability of film package was designed from the critical respiration rate calculated from the data by using the desiccator and it was examined on the effective storage desiccator. The results indicated that the change in surface color of tomato in the packaging film was inhibited. And it was confirmed that both the desiccator and film in the same storage condition showed the same tendency in the storage effect. Therefore, it is also confirmed that the packaging film with oxygen permeability 4, 300ml/m2·24h could be applied for the agricultural products.
