Thanks for sharing the results of your science fair project with me. One of the things your experiment showed is that in addition to decay, water loss which leads to shrivel and loss of firmn
Strawberries from California are picked and shipped 0 to 1 day from harvest. It take maximum 3 to 4 days to get to the East Coast, only 1 day to Denver. Then 1-2 more days to get into t
Following is a link to a publication that includes data on the effects of ethylene on Botrytis-caused decay development on strawberries: http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/files/datastore/234-1927.pdf
The key to answering this question is understanding that as temperatures rise so does the produce metabolic activity (including aging reactions) and this metabolic activity can be quantified
