Respiration
rate as indicated byCO2 production was measured by placing
two tomato fruit in 1 L plastic container for 1 h, and 1mL of gas samplewaswithdrawn
from the headspace with a gas tight hypodermic
syringe and analysed with a gas chromatograph (GC) (Claru-500,
Perkin Elmer, USA) equipped with a stainless steel column (Porapak
R 80/100).