Manejo e conservação pós-colheita de Pereskia aculeata Mill.

• Autor(a) principal: Barbosa, Camila Karen Reis
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4564
• topic: Algodão; Enzimologia; Fotossíntese; Mancha de ramulária; Cotton; Enzymology, Photosynthesis; Spot Ramularia; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::CIENCIA E TECNOLOGIA DE ALIMENTOS::CIENCIA DE ALIMENTOS::FISIOLOGIA POS-COLHEITA

The study was conducted at the Laboratory of Postharvest of Department of Plant Science in order to evaluate the effects of hydrocooling and packing in the postharvest quality of the leaves of Pereskia aculeata Mill. stored in room temperature (25°C) and cold storage (5ºC). The experiments were conducted in a split plot, with the treatments to the plots and storage time in sub plots in randomized block design. It was evaluated: amount estimated by the SPAD chlorophyll, the loss of fresh mass (LFM), the relative water content (WC), the levels of total soluble sugars (TSS), reducing sugar (RED), non-reducing sugar (NRED) and starch of the leaves. The data were submitted to ANOVA, Tukey test at 5% probability and regression. The shelf life of refrigerated storage was increased by up to seven times depending on the treatment applied. There were no significant effect of treatment or time on the chlorophyll content of leaves. Independent of treatment, the leaves remained green throughout the shelf life. In leaves stored at 25°C the LMF accumulated was greater in the hydrocooled leaves due to evaporation of water absorbed and accumulated in the leaf surface during treatment. The packaging was effective in controlling LFM in both storage temperatures. The greater TRA was provided by perforated plastic bag with or without prior hydrocooling, which prevented for a longer period of time the leaf wilting. The levels of TSS, RED, and starch NRED varied as a function of the treatment in response to the effect of concentration or dilution coupled to TRA. There was no effect of storage time on the levels of AST and starch. The contents of RED decreased with storage time at 25°C, unlike the levels of NRED at both storage temperatures, which increased due to the concentration effect. It is recommended to hydrocooling, perforated plastic bag and cold storage in the postharvest P. aculeata.