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- Title
Use of biofilm in the postharvest conservation of 'Pedro Sato' guava.
- Authors
Pereira Silva, Danielle Fabíola; Chamhum Salomão, Luiz Carlos; Zambolim, Laércio; Rocha, Aline
- Abstract
This present work aimed to assess the effect of different concentrations of cassava starch, associated or not with prochloraz fungicide, on the postharvest conservation of 'Pedro Sato' guavas. Physiologically mature fruits were immersed in a solution of prochloraz (49.5 g/100 liters of water) for 5 min. Fruit treated with distilled water and air dried were used as control. They were immersed in cassava starch suspension at concentrations of 0, 20, 30 and 40 g/L, plus 0.5 mL/L of mineral oil. The fruits were stored at 21.0 ± 1.0 °C and relative humidity of 85 ± 5%, for 12 days, and were examined at every three days. The combination of prochloraz and cassava starch resulted in delayed loss of firmness and yellowness and inhibited the incidence of lesions caused by Colletotrichum gloeosporioides during the 12 days of storage. Fruits treated with 40 g/L of starch, whether containing prochloraz or not, had unpleasant taste and odor, which suggests the occurrence of fermentation. Control fruits, with and without prochloraz, and those treated with starch with no prochloraz, had nearly 100% lesion occurrence within the 12 days. Starch suspension of 30 g/L, containing prochloraz, was the most effective in maintaining fruit quality.
- Subjects
CASSAVA research; GUAVA; HARVESTING; FRUIT quality; COLLETOTRICHUM gloeosporioides
- Publication
Revista Ceres, 2012, Vol 59, Issue 3, p305
- ISSN
0034-737X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/s0034-737x2012000300003