T0_control_experiment
Table grapes cv. Superior (Vitis vinifera L) was obtained from a commercial vineyard located in Lachish, Israel (lat. 31°33' and long. 34°51'). The vines were X years old on XX rootstock and were supported  on Y-shaped trellis with planting distances of 3 x 1 m and the shoots were trained to 8 canes, with 15 buds per cane and.  Gibberellin was applied at fruit set at a rate of 15 mg/L directly to the grape clusters. Leaf removal was performed at veraison and irrigation was by drippers. Irrigation, fertigation and other treatments were according to standard practices in the region.   A total of 50 kg of grapes were harvested by the grower. The clusters were inspected and berries with any visual symptoms were removed from the cluster with clippers. The clusters were randomly divided between plastic boxes that contained approximately eight clusters with a total weight of 5 kg.     The boxes were placed in duplicates in 400 L chambers in that the atmosphere composition was controlled by an ICA6000 system (ICA Group, Cardiff, UK).  The control treatment (T1) that was designed to simulate atmospheric conditions was maintained at 0.7±0.1% CO2 and 19.5±0.1 % O2. The low oxygen, high carbon dioxide treatment (T2) was maintained the air composition at 14.2±1.5% CO2 and 5.5±0.6 % O2. Storage condition for both treatments, T1 and T2 during was: 0.0 ± 0.5° C and RH of 90-95% and Storage duration was 6 weeks with shelf life at 20° C for 2 d.  Post-harvest analysis was performed only on berries that did not show any sign of decay externally or internally