In this study, a new treatment, based on the use of organic acids (citric or tartaric) in association with chitosan
coating, both harmless for human health, has been tesTrials at pH 0.8, 1.0 and 1.3 show that browning rate is related to
dehydration rate during storage, and pericarp pH. Pericarp pH and weight loss of fruit may thus be used to predict postharvest
browning rate at a given storage temperature.
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