Figure 8.

Effects of packaging fruit in perforated polyethylene bags with different numbers of holes on weight loss (A) and the rate of ethylene production (B) in persimmon fruit detached at a young stage (70 d AFB). Ten fruit per treatment were packaged individually in perforated polyethylene bags (150 × 130 mm) with two, eight, or 18 holes (4-mm diameter) equivalent to 0.03%, 0.15%, or 0.3% of the TFSA, respectively. Non-packaged fruit were used as control. Each column represents the mean of 10 fruits and vertical bars represent ±se.