Science and Technology Production
Article
Authorship
Date
2024
Publishing House and Editing Place
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Magazine
International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation
- ISSN 1744-7550
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
Inderscience Enterprises Ltd
ISSN
1744-7550
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The guavirá is a rainforest native fruit with a very short postharvestlife. This limits both the possibility of consumption and processing far from theharvesting sites. The objective of this research was to analyse whetherharvesting immature fruit would be an adequate strategy to increase theirpostharvest life. Different guavirá maturity stages were defined at the time ofharvesting based on the skin colour of the fruit on the plant. The fruit harvestedat 100% orange were highly pe...
The guavirá is a rainforest native fruit with a very short postharvestlife. This limits both the possibility of consumption and processing far from theharvesting sites. The objective of this research was to analyse whetherharvesting immature fruit would be an adequate strategy to increase theirpostharvest life. Different guavirá maturity stages were defined at the time ofharvesting based on the skin colour of the fruit on the plant. The fruit harvestedat 100% orange were highly perishable compared to the 75% and 50% orangeones. The validation of selecting the ripening stage based on eye-detected skincolour was confirmed by measuring colour, firmness, acidity, and solublesolids. After four days at room temperature, the postharvest ripening of guaviráresulted in organoleptic qualities (colour and firmness) and nutritional qualities(antioxidants) similar to those of tree-ripened fruit. Storage at 8?10°C did notincrease the post-harvest life of guavirá compared to room temperature.
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TROPICAL FRUITSUPERFICIAL COLOURPOSTHARVEST MATURATIONHARVESTING INMATURE FRUITPOSTHARVEST HANDLINGRAINFOREST NATIVE FRUITQUALITY ATTRIBUTES