We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
POST-HARVEST STORAGE OF PAPAYA FRUITS COATED WITH EXTRACTS OF LEAVES AND FRUITS OF NEEM.
- Authors
DA SILVA FREITAS, RAIMUNDA VALDENICE; DE SOUZA, PAHLEVI AUGUSTO; SENHOR, OSEMBERG FERREIRA; HERBSTER MOURA, CARLOS FARLEY; DA COSTA, FRANCISCLEUDO BEZERRA
- Abstract
The objective of the present work was to evaluate the use of extracts of leaves and fruits of neem (Azadirachta indica Juss) as coating for papaya Formosa fruits aiming to maintain their quality during post-harvest storage. A completely randomized experimental design in a 5x5 factorial arrangement was used, with 3 replications of 2 papaya fruits per plot. The treatments consisted of five coatings with extracts of neem leaves and fruits (leaf extracts at 5 and 10%, fruit extracts at 5 and 10% and a control treatment without coating) and five storage periods (0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 days) under mean temperature of 30.4 °C and relative humidity of 42%. The fruit weight loss, external appearance, pulp firmness, titratable acidity and soluble solids were evaluated, and the fungi species on the fruit surface of each storage were identified and quantified. The treatments with extract of neem leaves and fruits at 5% had papaya fruits with best external quality and provided best control of growth of phytopathogenic fungi. Regarding external appearance, papaya fruits coated with extracts of neem leaves and fruits at 5% had a shelf life of 12 days, while those coated with extracts at 10% had a shelf life of 9 days.
- Subjects
POSTHARVEST technology of crops; FRUIT storage; NEEM
- Publication
Revista Caatinga, 2018, Vol 31, Issue 2, p290
- ISSN
0100-316X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1590/1983-21252018v31n204rc