Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Quality of Babycorn (Zea mays Linn.) CV. Supersweet

Authors

  • Sasitorn Ittanuvakin Dept. of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen Nakorn Pathom 73140, Thailand.

Keywords:

babycorn, control atmosphere, CO2, postharvest, storage

Abstract

Babycorn cv. Supersweet stored in glassjars containing 5, 10, 15 and 20% CO2 90% relative humidity at 25 degree + 2 degree C. It was found that higher CO2 concentration reduced weight-loss, browning, fungal appearance and delayed the decreasing in soluble solids contents. Consequently, babycorn under high CO2 could be stored in good condition for a longer period of time. When CO2 concentration was increased to 10, 20, 30 and 40% in another experiment, lower fungal appearance was found in higher CO2 atmosphere. However, the CO2 concentrations between 20-40% were harmful to babycorn, causing more browning.

Published

1992-12-30

How to Cite

Sasitorn Ittanuvakin. 1992. “Effects of Carbon Dioxide on Quality of Babycorn (Zea Mays Linn.) CV. Supersweet”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 26 (4). Bangkok, Thailand:342-49. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241797.

Issue

Vol. 26 No. 4 (1992): October-December

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
production and hosting by Kasetsart University of Research and Development Institute on behalf of Kasetsart University.