is particularly active at low temperatures and results in, for example,
membrane deterioration and chilling injury (Tijskens et al., 1994a). The
acceptability will decrease with an apparent rate equal to the sum of
these reaction rates:
kkckh (7.2)132 ACCEPTABILITY
FIGURE 7.5Measured (symbols) and simulated (lines) acceptability of six selected
potted plant species versus temperature for the six experimental storage times.