PMID- 34208467
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20210705
IS  - 2304-8158 (Print)
IS  - 2304-8158 (Electronic)
IS  - 2304-8158 (Linking)
VI  - 10
IP  - 6
DP  - 2021 Jun 16
TI  - The Influence of Internal Packaging (Liners) on Moisture Dynamics and Physical 
      and Physiological Quality of Pomegranate Fruit during Cold Storage.
LID - 10.3390/foods10061388 [doi]
LID - 1388
AB  - Weight loss and decay are common physiological disorders during postharvest 
      handling and storage of pomegranates. The study focused on relating the ability 
      of plastic liners as internal packaging to modify both gaseous and moisture 
      atmosphere around the fruit to moisture dynamics and physical and physiological 
      quality of pomegranate fruit (cv. Wonderful) during storage. Fruit were packed 
      with no-liner, non-perforated 'Decco', non-perforated 'Zoe', micro-perforated 
      Xtend((R)), 2 mm macro-perforated high density polyethylene (HDPE), and 4 mm 
      macro-perforated HDPE plastic liners. After 84 days of storage at 5  degrees C and 90-95% 
      relative humidity (RH), fruit packed with no-liner lost 15.6 +/- 0.3% of initial 
      weight. Non-perforated (Decco and Zoe) liners minimised losses to 0.79 and 0.82% 
      compared to Xtend((R)) micro-perforated (4.17%) and 2 mm HDPE (2.44%) and 4 mm 
      macro-perforated HDPE (4.17%) liners, respectively. Clearly, micro- and 
      macro-perforation of liners minimised moisture condensation, fruit decay, and 
      shrivel severity. Micro-perforated Xtend((R)) and macro-perforated 4 mm HDPE were 
      the best treatments in minimising postharvest losses that are often associated 
      with inadequate environment control inside packaging compared to the use of 
      non-perforated liners.
FAU - Lufu, Robert
AU  - Lufu R
AD  - SARChI Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory, Africa Institute for 
      Postharvest Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, 
      Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.
FAU - Ambaw, Alemayehu
AU  - Ambaw A
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-6949-0325
AD  - SARChI Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory, Africa Institute for 
      Postharvest Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, 
      Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.
FAU - Opara, Umezuruike Linus
AU  - Opara UL
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-8056-7215
AD  - SARChI Postharvest Technology Research Laboratory, Africa Institute for 
      Postharvest Technology, Faculty of AgriSciences, Stellenbosch University, 
      Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa.
AD  - UNESCO International Centre for Biotechnology, Nsukka 410001, Nigeria.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20210616
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Foods
JT  - Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
JID - 101670569
PMC - PMC8235431
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - internal packaging
OT  - modified atmosphere packaging
OT  - storage quality
OT  - transpiration
OT  - water loss
COIS- The authors declare no conflict of interest.
EDAT- 2021/07/03 06:00
MHDA- 2021/07/03 06:01
PMCR- 2021/06/16
CRDT- 2021/07/02 01:35
PHST- 2021/05/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2021/06/05 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2021/06/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2021/07/02 01:35 [entrez]
PHST- 2021/07/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2021/07/03 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2021/06/16 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - foods10061388 [pii]
AID - foods-10-01388 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/foods10061388 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Foods. 2021 Jun 16;10(6):1388. doi: 10.3390/foods10061388.