Minus Eighteen in Contact With Lettuce: Chilling Injury in a Chilled Box
A frozen pack against a lettuce head drops the tissue below 0°C in minutes. The damage shows two days later. Barrier, conditioning and placement fixes.
A frozen pack against a lettuce head drops the tissue below 0°C in minutes. The damage shows two days later. Barrier, conditioning and placement fixes.
Four identical 20-litre EPS boxes, four identical 1 kg gel packs each, four arrangements, and one 30 degree room for 36 hours. The payload was 8 kg of water bottles at 4 degrees, with a logger in the centre and another on the lid. All four packs on the bottom held the payload under 8 degrees for 21 …
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