date:Sep 04, 2013
rbed any after 24 hours.
An additional study was conducted in which 6 kiwi fruit were packed in small bags of equal surface area made from the films (Fig.3). Kiwi are extremely sensitive to ethylene and concentrations of several ppb will induce softening. At least 5 replicates of each film were prepared. The bags were stored for 6 days at 1-3C, followed by 2 days at 4-5C, 9 days at 7C and then 5 days at 10C. At given intervals, samples were taken from the head space of the bags through septum'