Integrated application of chitosan coating and hypobaric
treatment
Among the physical means for controlling postharvest decay of fruit and vegetables, the use of sub-atmospheric pressure treatments has been largely unexploited to date. It has been reported that hypobaric treatments, applied during all or almost all of the storage period, delay the ripening of some climateric fruits. The effectiveness of chitosan and
short hypobaric treatments to control storage decay of sweet cherries was investigated over 2 years. The results indicate that the combination of hypobaric and chitosan treatments is a valid strategy for increasing the effectiveness of the treatments in controlling postharvest decay of sweet cherries