Optimum cold storage conditions
Optimum cold storage conditions & approximate storage life of fruits and vegetables
Fruits/Vgetables
|
Temp (°C)
|
RH (%)
|
Approx. storage life(weeks)
|
|
Fruits
|
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Apple
|
0-2
|
85-90
|
20-30
|
|
Avocado
|
|
|
|
|
Chilling tolerant varieties
Chilling sensitive varieties
|
4.4
12.5
|
85-90
85-90
|
4
2
|
|
Banana
|
|
Cavendish green
Cavnedish ripe
Ney Poovan green
Ney poovan ripe
|
13
12
12
8
|
85-90
85-90
85-90
85-90
|
3-4
1-5
2-3
1
|
|
Ber
|
5-6
|
85-90
|
4
|
|
Citrus
|
|
Coorg mandarin (main crop)
Coorg mandarin (rainy season)
Sathgudi orange (Moosambi)
Lime yellow
Lime green
Grape fruit
|
8
8
8
12-13
12-13
13-14
|
85-90
85-90
85-90
85-90
85-90
85-90
|
8
6
16
8
7
12
|
|
Custard apple
|
15
|
85-90
|
1.5
|
|
Date
|
6-7
|
85-90
|
2
|
|
Fig
|
1-2
|
85-90
|
6
|
|
Guava
|
10
|
85-90
|
2-5
|
|
Jackfruit
|
11-12
|
85-90
|
6
|
|
Litchi
|
2
|
85-90
|
8-10
|
|
Mango mature green
|
|
Alphonso
Banganapalli
|
12-13
12
|
85-90
85-90
|
4
5-6
|
|
Papaya green
|
10
|
85-90
|
3-4
|
|
Papaya turning
|
9
|
85-90
|
2-3
|
|
Passion fruit
|
6-7
|
85-90
|
3
|
|
Pineapple all green
|
9-10
|
85-90
|
4-6
|
|
Pineapple 25% Yellow
|
6-7
|
85-90
|
1-2
|
|
Pomegranate
|
7-8
|
85-90
|
10-12
|
|
Sapota mature
|
20
|
85-90
|
2
|
|
Strawberry
|
0
|
85-90
|
1
|
Fruits/Vgetables
|
Temp (°C)
|
RH (%)
|
Approx. storage life(weeks)
|
|
Vegetables
|
|
Asparagus
|
0-2
|
95
|
3-4
|
|
Beans
|
|
Snap beans
Winged beans
|
8-10
10
|
85-90
85-90
|
3-4
8-10
|
|
Beetroot
|
0-1
|
90-95
|
8-10
|
|
Brinjal
|
10
|
90-95
|
2
|
|
Cabbage(wet season)
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
4-6
|
|
Cabbage(dry season)
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
12
|
|
Capsicum(green)
|
7-8
|
85-90
|
3-5
|
|
Carrot topped
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
20-24
|
|
Cauliflower
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
7
|
|
Celery
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
8
|
|
Coriander leaves
|
0-2
|
90-95
|
4-5
|
|
Chow chow
|
12-13
|
90-95
|
3
|
|
Cucumber
|
10-11
|
90-95
|
2
|
|
Garlic(bulbs) dry
|
0
|
65
|
28-36
|
|
Ginger
|
8-10
|
75
|
16-20
|
|
Gourd, bottle
|
8-9
|
85-90
|
4-6
|
|
Gourd, snake
|
18-20
|
85-90
|
2
|
|
Lettuce, leaf
|
0
|
95
|
1
|
Fruits/Vgetables
|
Temp (°C)
|
RH (%)
|
Approx. storage life(weeks)
|
|
Mushroom
|
0
|
95
|
1.5
|
|
Muskmelon, Honey dew
|
7-8
|
85
|
4-5
|
|
Okra
|
10
|
90
|
1.5
|
|
Onion, Red
|
0
|
65-70
|
20-24
|
|
Onion, white
|
0
|
65-70
|
16-20
|
|
Pea, green
|
0
|
90-95
|
2-3
|
|
Poato
|
4
|
85
|
30-34
|
|
Pumpkin
|
12-15
|
70-75
|
24-36
|
|
Radish, topped
|
0
|
90-95
|
3-5
|
|
Squash
|
12-15
|
70-75
|
8-24
|
|
Sweet Potato
|
10-12
|
80-90
|
13-20
|
|
Spinach
|
0
|
90-95
|
10-14
|
|
Tomato
|
|
Mature green
Red ripe
|
12-13
5-6
|
85-90
85-90
|
4-5
2
|
|
Turnip
|
0
|
90-95
|
8-16
|
|
Watermelon
|
12-15
|
80-90
|
2
|
|
Yam
|
16-20
|
60-70
|
3-5
|
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