Controlled atmosphere storage of Jonathon apples

Abstract

The incidence of soggy breakdown in Queensland-grown Jonathan apples was too high in both air storage and controlled atmosphere storage to permit storage for 5 months. These results indicate that soggy breakdown is a serious storage disorder in Queensland-grown Jonathan apples. Although fruit stored in the controlled atmosphere had significantly less wastage than fruit stored in air, the incidence of the disorder in both treatments was too high to allow economic storage for five months.