%0 Journal Article %T Regimes de atmosfera controlada para o armazenamento de caqui £¿Kyoto£¿ %A Brackmann %A Auri %A Freitas %A S¨¦rgio Tonetto de %A Giehl %A Ricardo Fabiano Hettwer %A Mello %A Anderson Machado de %A Benedetti %A Marlova %A Oliveira %A Viviani Ruffo de %A Guarienti %A Affonso Jos¨¦ Wietzke %J Ci¨ºncia Rural %D 2004 %I Universidade Federal de Santa Maria %R 10.1590/S0103-84782004000500044 %X this work aimed to evaluate the effect of different partial pressures of o2 and co2, combined or not with the use of low relative humidity (rh) and the postharvest fungicide application, on the quality of £¿kyoto£¿ persimmons during controlled atmosphere (ca) storage. after two months of storage at -0.5¡ãc plus five days at 20oc, the highest flesh firmness was obtained in fruits stored in ca conditions of 0.5kpa of o2 and 5kpa of co2. the highest rot incidence was observed in fruits stored at 2kpa o2 + 10kpa co2. low rh (90%) or high co2 levels (10 to 15kpa) led to increased skin blackening. %K diospyrus kaki l. %K postharvest quality %K alternaria alternata. %U http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0103-84782004000500044&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en