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During long term storage of apple, physiological disorders may occur. One major group of internal disorders is characterized by flesh browning. The susceptibility to flesh browning is cultivar, batch and season dependent and is caused by a combination of pre and post harvest factors. An important influencing factor is the controlled atmosphere (CA) storage of apple. The main objective of this experiment is to investigate how the proteome changes during storage. This will be related to the real browning incidence after prolonged storage, which was determined by picture analysis. Apples (Malus x domestica Borkh., cv. Braeburn) were picked in the orchard of the Experimental Garden for Pome and Stone Fruits, pcfruit (Sint-Truiden, Belgium) at three different harvest times. Proteins were extracted immediately