Handling, storage and postharvest physiology of muscadine grapes: a review

摘要

General principles pertaining to the regulation of temperature, relative humidity, and modified or controlled atmosphere conditions for maintaining the quality of fruits and vegetables during storage and transit can he applied to muscadine grapes. Muscadine grapes (Vitis rotundifolia Michx.) are grown primarily in the southern United States and differ from other grape species and hybrids in that their berries are borne in small clusters of 3 to 10 berries and detach from their pedicels when ripe. Ingeneral high quality muscadines are free of injury, decay, and sunscald, appear and feel turgid, have a dry stern scar, and are fully bronze or black in color.