Chilling injury - Some commodities
(mainly those native to the tropics and
subtropics) respond unfavorably to
storage at low temperatures well above
their freezing points, but below a critical
temperature (between 5 and 13°C
depending on commodity and maturity
stage) termed the chilling threshold
temperature or lowest safe temperature.
Chilling injury is manifested in a variety
of symptoms including surface and
internal discoloration, pitting, water
soaking, failure to ripen, uneven
ripening, development of off flavors and
heightened susceptibility to pathogen
attack.