Fruit & Vegetables Storage and Transport Database V1.0

©CSIRO/Sydney Postharvest Lab
Sydney, Australia +61-2-9490-8333
 
 
 
FULL SUMMARY           Printed by Sydney Postharvest Lab. for Sample Viewer on 3 December 1997
 
Cultivar/ Maturity Crop Alternate Names Botanical Name
  Cherimoya Anon, Custard  Annona cherimola (Mill.)
    Botanical Family Plant Part
    Annonaceae  Fruit

Refrigerated Container / Coolroom Recommendations

Optimum Product Temperature = 12.0-15.0oC
Temperature Set Points for
Air Delivery Control = 12.0 - 13oC Return Air Control = 13.0 - 14.0oC
Ventilation (Air Exchange) Settings for
6 m (20') Containers = 60 m3/h = 35 cfm 12 m (40') Containers = 120 m3/h = 70 cfm
Fresh Air Exchange  200 %/ hour    
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Acceptable product temperature at loading into container = 11.5 -17.0oC
Key Properties (For extra information and original references see detailed output)
Storage Time (days)*  Humidity  
% RH		 Freezing Point C Ventilation Rate Storage Time 
Ambient (~20oC)
14 - 28 90 - 95  -2.2 High 3 - 4
*   Storage life depends on ripening stage and size of fruit

Other Properties (For extra information and original references see detailed output)
Ethylene Production Ethylene  
Sensitivity		 Odour  
Effects		 Affected by Odour of Water Loss Rate (%/week)* Compatibility  
with Ice		 Bruising  
Susceptibility
Very High @ High - -  - - -
@ >4 nM ethylene /kg/h at ~20oC
 

Controlled Atmosphere, Respiration (For extra information and original references see detailed output)

Benefit of Controlled or Modified Atmosphere =  (+14 days)
  
Controlled Atmosphere Conditions
Oxygen % Carbon Dioxide % Temp. oC
3 - 5  5 - 10 4.0
  
Respiration (Watts/ tonne)@ Specific heat
0oC 5oC 10oC 15oC 20oC 25oC (kJ/kg/oC)
- - 185-287 328-513 574-620 - 3.30
@ 1 Watt/tonne  = 20.4 kCal/ tonne/ day  = 82.1 Btu/ ton/ day  = 73.3 Btu/ 2000lbs/ day
                           = 0.167 mls/CO2/ kg/ hour   = 7.0 umol CO2/ kg/ hour
 

Compatibility in Mixed Storage (For extra information and original references see detailed output)

Not compatible with crops that Are sensitive to ethylene 
Produce ethylene 
Need to be stored below 6oC
Odour taint incompatibility with  -
(Fruits and vegetables that produce significant ethylene levels -
Asian pear         Apple          Apricot          Avocado         Banana         Breadfruit        Cantaloupe          Cherimoya
Chinese gooseberrries          Custard apple                        Feijoa            Fig                    Honeydew melon       Jackfruit             Kiwifruit     Litchi             Lychees          Mango          Mangosteen   Melon              Muskmelon      Nashi                  Nectarines  Papayas      Passionfruit    Pawpaw        Peach               Pear                  Plums               Pineapple guava                    Rambutan     Rockmelons    Sapodilla      Sweetsop       Tomato             Zapote

(Fruits and vegetables that are sensitive to ethylene -
Asian pear         Apples           Apricot         Avocado         Banana          Breadfruit         Bok-choi             Broccoli
Brussel sprouts                        Cabbage       Carrot               Cauliflower   Celery                Chard (Swiss)    Chinese cabbage         Cherimoya      Chicory         Collard             Cucumber      Dill                    Endive    (Belgian)           Green Onion    Jackfruit          Kiwifruit       Lettuce             Lime               Mango             Mangosteen       Melon                Muskmelon    Nashi         Papaya             Parsley          Passionfruit     Peach                       Pear                    Persimmon      Plum             Potato              Quince
Rambutans       Sapodilla         Silver beet    Spinach (English or True)    Summer squash   Tamarillo              Tomato              Watercress      Witloof

Seasonable Availability (For extra information and original references see detailed output)

Country Start Season End Season Start Peak End Peak
Australia Mar Sep May Jun
USA Jan Dec    
              Chile                  Jul                      Dec
 

 


 
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