Year: 2006
Type: article
Abstract: The quality of potato, and its storage life, is reduced by the loss of moisture, decay and physiological breakdown.These deteriorations are directly related to storage temperature, relative humidity, air circulation and gas composition.In an attempt to attain the desired storage condition in an enclosure, many systems have been developed over the years depending on the geographic location, volume produced, consumer demand and the marketing strategies.Potatoes being a living organism require an effective management for storage.Quality of the potatoes cannot improve during storage.Bruise prevention is an important part of keeping quality of potatoes with minimum weight loss and storage diseases.Many attempts have been made by researchers to investigate the suitability of various storage systems over the years for safe storage of agricultural commodities.Conventional refrigerated room, ventilated cold room, bulk storage facilities, jacketed storage and various types of controlled atmosphere (CA) storage like Marcellin and Atmolysair have been used.In this paper, attempts have been made to integrate the application of scientific storage techniques, design factors and management fundamentals into storage systems, to minimize the storage losses.
Source: eCommons (Cornell University)
Language: English
Subfield: Plant Science
Domain: Life Sciences
SDG: Zero hunger
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W60029099