Behavior of the total soluble solids and reducing sugars during the post harvest life of the Haden mango.
Almeida F. de A. C., Barros E. M., Silva H., Alves N. M. C., Gomes J. P., Silva A. S.
Author Affiliation: UEAG, UFCG, Campina Grande, Brazil.
Central theme, technology for all: sharing the knowledge for development. Proceedings of the International Conference of Agricultural Engineering, XXXVII Brazilian Congress of Agricultural Engineering, International Livestock Environment Symposium - ILES : unpaginated
Abstract : The objective of this work was to prolong the post harvest life of the Haden mango by studying the effect of the cooled modified atmosphere in poly ethylene tereftalato trays with poly vinyl chloride (PVC) plastic, which is stretchable, self adherent and non perforated as well as with perforated plastic (PP) covering the trays and fruits. The Haden mangos, at a stage 2 of physiological development of maturity were stored in their trays and than stored for 35 days at 5, 10 and 25°C (room temperature) in the following packing: (tray+film) and (tray without film). During the storage, every 7 days, the total soluble solids and reducing sugars were analyzed. According to the results, the highest percentage of total soluble solids was detected at the 21 days of storage of samples packed with plastic film at 10°C.