Respiration parameters of pear tissue and their 95% confidence interval.

The parameters were estimated by fitting predicted O2 consumption and CO2 production rates of pear tissue samples based on the respiration submodel (Equations 1–4) to measured data by means of a least squares procedure. Diffusion parameters were taken from Ho et al. [30],[31]. ±95% confidence limits. Indices skin, r and z refer to the position of the skin, along the radial direction and along the vertical axis of pear, respectively. aValues measured by Ho et al. [30]. bValues measured by Ho et al. [31].