SUMMARY The effect of delay between harvest and hydrocooling, and of regimes of simulated air transport temperatures, on shelf‐life of fresh asparagus were quantified. Shelf‐life was strongly negatively correlated with the accumulated heat units experienced between harvest and post‐transport handling. A 2‐h delay in hydrocooling after harvest was similar to a 0.5°C higher temperature during a 2‐day transit period in effect on shelf‐life. It is essential for maximum shelf‐life that asparagus be kept cold from the completion of hydrocooling until sale.
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