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The commercial storage of fruits, vegetables, and florist and nursery stocks
Robert E. Hardenburg, Alley E. Watada, Chien Yi Wang
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Abstract
susceptible to chilling injury can sometimes be held at a temperature lower than indicated for several days without injury.Exceptions include bananas, cucumbers, eggplant, okra, pumpkins and squashes, potatoes for processing, sweetpotatoes, mature-green tomatoes, and orchids.Still other chilling sensitive products are identified in relevant text sections.Recommended temperatures for these products should be strictly adhered to.Susceptibility to chilling is discussed in greater detail under "Chilling Injury" and under the individual commodities.Detailed information on the handling and storage of many of the commodities discussed is available in textbooks (789, 790, 891) and in publications listed under '"'Literature
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