oxygen level in the package atmosphere is lower than the
regular atmosphere. Control and microporous packed chillies
showed the highest respiration rates compared to the chillies
packed in other films. Similar results were observed in the case
of capsicum stored at 10 8C when determined by using a
respirometer (Anguiera, Sandoval, & Barreiro, 2003; Manolopoulou
et al., 2012).