About Lesson
Chilling injury
- Chilling injury occurs at temperatures well above freezing point. The tissue becomes weakened leading to cellular dysfunctions.
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Symptoms
- Symptoms include surface lesions/pitting, internal discoloration, water soaking of the tissue, failure to ripen normally and increased susceptibility to decay organisms such as Alternaria.
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Control
- In addition, hot water dip treatments, intermittent warming, and rinsing and brushing at temperatures of 60 0C for a few seconds have been also reported to be effective at reducing the symptoms of chilling injury