RESULTS AND PROSPECTS OF “CONFERENCE” PEARS IN CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE

"Conference" pears behavior at different levels of CO₂ and O₂ and in normal cold store has been studied.
The increase of CO₂ to 3%, 5%, 7% gave progressive advantage to flesh firmness, but increased at the same time and in the same way brown core incidence.
Damage reduction due to rise of O₂ levels from 3% to 8%–12%–16% was very evident only when 5% CO₂ and 8% O₂ concentrations were used.

The optimum date of harvest was very important: early picking controlled brown core incidence also in high CO₂ level (7%).

Large-sized pears were much more injured than smaller ones.

II International Symposium on Pear Growing

C. Poma Treccani, M. Boscarello

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1977.69.38