Whole fruit were treated using a flow-through system where air passed over
acetaldehyde kept on ice and was then diluted with a humidified air stream before
going through to the 20 litre glass jar containing the fruit (Pesis and Frenkel, 1989).
Fruit were treated with acetaldehyde vapours for 16 hours and were then ventilated
with humidified air for 2 hours before being transferred to cardboard boxes at 18°C
for further storage. I