Effects of Different Material Packaging Boxes on the Postharvest Quality of'Lapins'Sweet Cherry
LI Yijing
LIU Tian
HOU Shihong
ZHANG Cunzhi
WU Ye
MA Weichao
Abstract：To investigate the effects of different packaging boxes and storage temperatures on the fruit quality of'Lapins'sweet cherry,changes in fruit quality were assessed after 8 days of ambient storage(26±2℃)and 12 days of low-temperature storage(0±1℃)using seven commercial packaging boxes.Descriptive analysis,correlation analysis,and principal component analysis(PCA)were performed.The results showed that the weight loss rate,fruit hardness and stem tensile force changed significantly after 8 days of storage at room temperature and 12 days of storage at low temperature.In addition,the solid acid ratio also changed significantly under room temperature storage conditions.Correlation analysis revealed that stem length was positively correlated with both stem diameter and stem tensile force,while stem diameter was negatively correlated with fruit firmness.PCA extracted three principal components for both ambient storage(8 days)and low-temperature storage(12 days),with cumulative variance contribution rates reaching 83.35%and 84.01%,respectively.The comprehensive evaluation based on PCA showed that the expanded polystyrene(EPS)foam box achieved the highest comprehensive score(F)of 1.02 under ambient storage and 0.89 under low-temperature storage.Therefore,the EPS foam box was recommended as the optimal packaging choice for the logistics of'Lapins'sweet cherry.
Keywords：Sweet cherriespackaging boxesstorage conditionsprincipal component analysiscomprehensive evaluation
Publication Date：2026-01-31
Online Publishing Date：2026-08-28(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：7( 9-15 )