Strawberries storage conservation in modified atmosphere

• Autor(a) principal: Vieites, Rogério Lopes
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Outros Autores: Evangelista, Regina Marta, Silva, Cíntia de Souza, Martins, Marcelo Luis
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Semina. Ciências Agrárias (Online)
• Texto Completo: https://ojs.uel.br/revistas/uel/index.php/semagrarias/article/view/2426
• topic: Words; Fragaria ananassa Duch; Gaseous mixtures; Storage; Post harvest.; Fragaria ananassa Duch; Mistura gasosa; Armazenamento; Pós-colheita.

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.