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| Author(s): |
Maria Luiza Lye Jomori
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Master's Dissertation |
| Press: | Piracicaba. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola Superior de Agricultura Luiz de Queiroz (ESALA/BC) |
| Defense date: | 2005-08-05 |
| Examining board members: |
Ricardo Alfredo Kluge;
Lucimara Rogeria Antoniolli;
Angelo Pedro Jacomino
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| Advisor: | Ricardo Alfredo Kluge |
| Abstract | |
Cold storage is the most recommended method for storage of fruits and vegetables and therefore, extending their marketing period. However, due to the low temperature sensibility of some fruits like citrus, the storage for long periods is very difficult, since the symptoms of chilling injuries en mane case, occur during the commercialization, after removal of the fruit from cold storage. The objective of this study was evaluate the resistance mechanism of Tahiti lime to low temperature. In the first experiment heat treatments were evaluated, which consisted in water heat treatment (53ºC/3 min), air heat treatment (37ºC/2 days) and intermittent warming (cycles of 6 days at 1ºC + 1 day at 25 ºC). In the second experiment ethylene involvement at low temperature resistance was evaluated using treatments with ethephon (2000mg L-1), 1-methylcyclopropene (1000 nL L-1), salicylic acid (2000mg L-1) and association of 1-MCP with salicylic acid. Fruit were stored at 1ºC for 45 days, being evaluated each 15 days (plus 3 days of simulated marketing at 25ºC). Incidence of chilling injury, ethylene production, respiratory rate, physical and chemical characteristics (juice percentage, soluble solids concentrations, titratable acidity, ratio, technological index, ascorbic acid content and skin color), antioxidant enzymes activity and polyamines content were evaluated. It was observed that fruit submitted to intermittent warming did not show chilling injury, lower reduction on the ascorbic acid content as well as a lower respiratory rate and lower ethylene production, up to 45 days of old storage. This higher resistance to low temperature might be associated with the activity of antioxidant enzymes. It wasnt possible to verify the correlation between ethylene and low temperature resistance, once there was no difference between treatments in chilling injury incidence. (AU) | |