Abstract:  Physiological changes during storage of Shaanxi Lintong sweet pomegranate under different temperatures and gas components were studied in this paper. Optimum technical parameters of controlled atmosphere storage at appropriate tem- perature were obtained by comparison of skin appearance and seed quality. After 100 days of storage under the conditions of 4～5℃, 90%～95% relative humidity, and 3%O2 and 3%CO2 gas component, the soluble solids content of pomegranate was 14.2%, titratable acidity 0.384%, browning index of husk 0.12 and rotten rate of fruits 3.5%. The fruits remained in satisfactory state afters torage.

Key words: pomegranate, appropriate temperature, controlled atmosphere, storage