Eighty fruits were dipped in 1 mmolL−1 SA solution or water (control) containing mLL−1 Tween-80 in a 50 L stainless steel vacuum container and vacuum infiltrated under low pressure (−80 kPa) at 20 ◦C for 2 min ; thereafter, the fruit dipped in the solutions were consistently kept under air pressure for 10min. After treatment, both SA-treated and control fruit were kept in trays covered with plastic film and stored at 13 ◦C and 85–95% RH.