FOOD SCIENCE ›› 2007, Vol. 28 ›› Issue (3): 46-49.

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Effects of Temperature and Relative Humidity on Postharvest Grapes Berry Firmness

 DENG  Yun, WU  Ying, LI  Yun-Fei   

  1. 1.School of Mechanical and Power Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200003, China; 2.School of Agriculture and Biology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 201101, China
  • Online:2007-03-15 Published:2011-12-31

Abstract: The effects of temperature and relative humidity on berry firmness of grapes were studied, and the prediction model for firmness loss was developed on the basis of enzyme kinetics. After the temperature, relative humidity and water vapor pressure differential (WVPD) were introduced into this basic model, the agreement between predicted and experiment values of firmness loss model is found to be satisfactory. The mean relative percentage error and determination coefficient are 4.72% and 0.93601, respectively.

Key words: grape, temperature, relative humidity, water vapor pressure differential(WVPD), firmness