Storage research has shownthat matured but unripened whole
durian fruit could be stored at 4 ◦Cfor only 20 days, while the
pulp could be stored at 5 ◦C for up to 8 weeks,
with slight chilling injury observed after 4 weeks of storage
. Other research has shown
that durian pulp could be stored at 4 ◦C for up to 30 days
, with the main
problems encountered being chilling injury at the base of the
seed and contamination by fungi. Refrigerated minimally processed
durian is very promising since temperatures that cause a
slight amount of chilling injury are preferred over temperatures
that cause rapid senescence and microbial deterioration (Watada
and Qi, 1999).