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Method for Determining the Respiration Rate of Horticultural Produce Under Hyperbaric Treatment

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A method was developed to determine the metabolic respiration rate (RRm) of fresh produce during the transient period at the beginning of a hyperbaric treatment. This method allowed for the correction in the apparent respiration rate (RRap) by considering the dilution effect of flushing the system and the error associated with gas solubilisation as the gas partial pressure varied. The dilution process was simulated by using the general equation for exhaust ventilation, thus allowing for the elimination of the dilution effect during the calculation of the net respiration rate (RRN). The error associated with the CO2 solubilisation in the flesh of the produce was solved by measuring the CO2 solubility in the tissues of tomato at various CO2 partial pressures and using this value to generate a mass balance of CO2 within the system. The RRm was estimated by incorporating the initial respiration rate (RRi) of untreated fruits with the respiration rate at equilibrium (RRe). The kinetic of the RRm was proposed to follow a negative exponential equation. The constant value (k) of the RRm model was found to decrease exponentially with the partial pressure of CO2 at equilibrium which affected the amount of gas solubilised and the time to reach equilibrium. The developed method should be validated for the RRm of other produce during the transient period at the beginning of a hyperbaric treatment.

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Abbreviations

RRm :

Metabolic respiration rate calculated based on the CO2 evolution of harvested fruit or vegetables generated to maintain physiological activities

RRi :

Initial respiration rate normally equivalent to RRm

RRap :

Apparent respiration rate calculated based on the difference of the CO2 gas concentration between the inlet and outlet of a dynamic respirometer

RRN :

Net respiration rate after elimination of the dilution effect

RRe :

Respiration rate at equilibrium normally equivalent to RRm

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The authors are grateful to Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada for the financial support. The Royal Thai Government is gratefully acknowledged for Mr. Pansa Liplap’s PhD scholarship.

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  1. Department of Bioresource Engineering, McGill University, Macdonald Campus, Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada, H9X 3V9

    Pansa Liplap, Clément Vigneault & G. S. Vijaya Raghavan

  2. Horticulture Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, QC, Canada

    Pansa Liplap, Clément Vigneault & Jérôme Boutin

  3. School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Kemptville Campus, Ontario, ON, Canada

    Timothy J Rennie

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Liplap, P., Vigneault, C., Rennie, T.J. et al. Method for Determining the Respiration Rate of Horticultural Produce Under Hyperbaric Treatment. Food Bioprocess Technol 7, 2461–2471 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11947-013-1183-8

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