Abstract:
Postharvest astringency persimmons (diospyros kaki) were individual airevacuated packaging in a polyethylene bag which is 0.08 mm thick or nonpackaged (control), then stored at 1±1 ℃ for 10 weeks. Individual airevacuated packaging could maintain high firmness of persimmon fruits during storage. The firmness of the packed fruits were 7.0~11.0 kg/cm
2 at 10 weeks and there were small differences between individuals, the content of soluble tannin was below 0.030 %. The ratio of flesh browning, activities of peroxidase and polyphenoloxidase were much lower in the packed fruits than those in the nonpacked fruits. The airevacuated packaging could also lower the activity of pectinesterase of the fruit to a great extent, however, it could not decrease the activity of polygalacturonase significantly.