Controle do amadurecimento do mamão Sunrise Golden com permanganato de potássio

• Autor(a) principal: Silva, Danielle Fabíola Pereira da
• Data de Publicação: 2006
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: LOCUS Repositório Institucional da UFV
• Texto Completo: http://locus.ufv.br/handle/123456789/4585
• topic: Permanganato de potássio; Embalagem; Atmosfera modificada; Potassium permanganate; Packages; Modified atmosphere; CNPQ::CIENCIAS AGRARIAS::AGRONOMIA::FITOTECNIA

The objective of this work was to determine the most efficient potassium permanganate (KMnO4) dose associated with plastic packaging in delaying processes related to ripening of 'Sunrise Golden' papaya stored under refrigeration and room temperature. Fruits were wrapped in low-density polyethylene bags with KMnO4 sachets. Two experiments were conducted: Experiment 1: storage at 10.42 ± 0.96 C and 90 ± 5% RH, and KMnO4 doses of 0; 0.5; 1; 1.5; and 2 g/bag; and Experiment 2: storage at 20.05 ± 0.50 C and 90 ± 5% RH and KMnO4 doses of 0; 1; 2; 3; and 4 g/bag. In the Experiment 1, three fruits with average weight of 289±18.49 g each were maintained in the bags for 25 days, while in the Experiment 2, three fruits with average weight of 278±18.86 g each were kept for 15 days at the temperatures previously mentioned. After these periods, the fruits were removed from the bags. Fruits from Experiment 1 were kept at 21.02 ± 0.80 C and 90 ± 5% RH, while fruits from Experiment 2 were kept in the same environment. The experiments were arranged in split plots, with KMnO4 doses in the plots, and in the subplots, the days of evaluation after the removal from packaging, with 0, 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 days in experiment 1 and 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 days in experiment 2, in a randomized complete block design with three repetitions and three fruits per experimental unit. For the analyses of CO2 concentration within the bags, experiments with the five KMnO4 doses and five repetitions, with three fruits per experimental unit, were set up in parallel. After 25 days of storage at 10.42 ± 0.96 C, the fruits without KMnO4 were not significantly different from the treated fruits for the characteristics peel color index, consistency of pulp and electrolyte, indicating that refrigeration associated with plastic film was efficient in inhibiting alterations in these characteristics. However, after removing the fruits from conditions of refrigerated storage and modified atmosphere, it was observed the effect of KMnO4 on delaying alterations in pulp firmness, peel color, solute leakage and soluble solids concentration compared to KMnO4 non-treated fruits. After 15 days of storage at 20.05 ± 0.50 C, fruits without KMnO4 had higher CO2 production, more intense peel color, higher cell electrolyte leakage and lower firmness when compared to KMnO4-treated fruits, indicating that non-treated fruits had premature ripening. After removing the packaging, the KMnO4-treated fruits maintained firmness for two days, reaching values similar to the non-treaded ones only on the fifth day of evaluation.