Avocado fruits with different maturities were stored
at 1 °C for 7–28 days and transferred from 1 °C cold
room to 21 °C warm room for three days to enhance
their ripening, and then observation was carried out
about the symptoms of chilling injury, and the quality
of ripened fruit was analyzed.
Figures 1 and 2 show the
color changes of the flesh of ‘Chanan’ exposed at 21 °C
for three days after 1 °C cold storage.
When fruits of ‘Chanan’ cultivars with low and mid–range maturity at
harvest were preserved for seven days and 14 days
under the cold temperature, no serious chilling injury
was visible (Table 1).
The fruits were able to maintain good quality both on appearance and in flesh during ripening. Normal ripening was found on the fruits.