الفهرس 
Arabic Summary
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Abstract
The present work studies the effect of the storage period, storage temperature, treatment material, and wrapping process on some physical and chemical characteristics of limes (Balady lemons) with the intention of determining the best storge conditions of limes in A.R.E. The physical characteristics considered are decay losses percent, weight lost percent and amount of juice in the unaffected fruits. The chemical characteristics considered are citric acid conytent and total soluble solids percent in the juice. The experiments were carried out at constant relative humidity range of 85-90%. The analysis of the experimental results proved that limes treated with warm soap and stored inside polyethylene bgs at a constant temperature of 12 c are the best limes, because these storge conditions yield the best physical and chemical characteristics of limes for the longest storge periods. At these conditions limes can be stored for 70 days with 0% decay losses and up to 100 days with only 15% decay losses of the stored fruits. After 100 days the weight lost of the undeteriorated limes was 9%. The amount of juice decreased from 0.38 to 0.27 cm3/g, the citric acid content decreased from 0.096 to 0.052g citric acid per cm3 of juice, and the total soluble solids increased from 7.4 to 8.6%. The conclusion of economical feasibility study of storing limes by this method shows that the expected profit will be equal to about 60% of the total investment including necessary cooling and ventilating stages.