Strawberries storage conservation in modified atmosphere
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2006v27n2p243Keywords:
Words, Fragaria ananassa Duch, Gaseous mixtures, Storage, Post harvest.Abstract
The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality and conservation of strawberries in modified atmosphere. ‘Oso Grande’ strawberries, produced in Botucatu-SP-Brazil, and picked in the ¾ red maturation stages were used. The experiment consisted in the storage of the fruits in polyethylene packages under different gaseous mixtures: control; vacuous; 5% O2 and 1% CO2; 5% O2 and 3% CO2; 5% O2 and 5% CO2. The analyzed parameters were: appearance, shelf life, incidence of disease, soluble solids, titratable acidity, vitamin C and firmness. For evaluation of the post-harvest conservation the fruits were stored in 0o C +/- 1o C / 90 +/- 5% UR ambient for 12 days and appraised every 2 days. The statistical layout was completely randomized, by comparing the means with Tukey test in a ratio of 5% probability. The obtained results allow to conclude that the fruits of the treatment testify didn’t present statistical differences of the other treatments except the one of vacuous partial.
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Semina: Ciências Agrárias adopts the CC-BY-NC license for its publications, the copyright being held by the author, in cases of republication we recommend that authors indicate first publication in this journal.
This license allows you to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, remix, transform and develop the material, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. And due credit must be given to the creator.
The opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility.
The magazine reserves the right to make normative, orthographic and grammatical changes to the originals in order to maintain the cultured standard of the language and the credibility of the vehicle. However, it will respect the writing style of the authors. Changes, corrections or suggestions of a conceptual nature will be sent to the authors when necessary.