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A storage method in which fruits and/or vegetables immediately after harvest are stored in a storage chamber which maintains controlled storage atmospheres having a total pressure of not lower than 400 Torr and below the atmospheric pressure (760 Torr), an oxygen partial pressure of about 15 to abou

A storage method in which fruits and/or vegetables immediately after harvest are stored in a storage chamber which maintains controlled storage atmospheres having a total pressure of not lower than 400 Torr and below the atmospheric pressure (760 Torr), an oxygen partial pressure of about 15 to about 145 Torr, a carbon dioxide partial pressure of about 15 to about 115 Torr, a relative humidity of not lower than 90%, and a temperature ranging between 0°and 15°C.

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A method of storing fruits and/or vegetables immediately after harvest, which comprises the steps of placing said fruits and/or vegetables in an enclosed storage chamber containing a controlled atmosphere consisting of a mixture of gases comprising oxygen and carbon dioxide, said mixture of gases ha

A method of storing fruits and/or vegetables immediately after harvest, which comprises the steps of placing said fruits and/or vegetables in an enclosed storage chamber containing a controlled atmosphere consisting of a mixture of gases comprising oxygen and carbon dioxide, said mixture of gases having a total pressure of not lower than 400 Torr and up to 700 Torr, an oxygen partial pressure of from about 15 Torr to about 145 Torr and a carbon dioxide partial pressure of about 15 Torr to about 115 Torr, maintaining the relative humidity of said mixture of gases at not lower than 90% and maintaining the temperature of the mixture of gases at from about 0 to 15°C., mixing air and carbon dioxide from external sources under controlled pressures and flow rates to prepare a gaseous feed mixture having the same pressure and the same oxygen and carbon dioxide partial pressures as said controlled atmosphere in said storage chamber, and continuously supplying said gaseous feed mixture into said storage chamber while simultaneously exhausting the controlled atmosphere from said storage chamber at the same rate as said gaseous feed mixture is fed into said storage chamber.