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Basic Study on Optimization in Transportation Environment of Fruits and Vegetables (Part 1: Experimental Discussion)
Technical Paper
2007-08-0332
Sector:
Event:
JSAE Spring Conference
Language:
English
Abstract
Production and distribution of agricultural products are closely
connected, with distribution involving important elements such as
shipping processing, transport and packaging, etc. Strawberries are
most important commercial product. All of them are soft varieties
and transported long distances. It was found that distribution
losses for strawberries increased at the beginning of spring.
In this study, an investigation of firmness and damage due to
transportation vibrations for strawberries has been added. Firmness
of strawberry decreased to half that at the beginning of the
cropping season. In comparison the number of vibrations required to
cause damage before and after shipment, the idea of fatigue
breakdown is believed to be applicable with regard to the effects
of long-distance transportation.