10.6084/m9.figshare.7710716.v1
Maria Madalena RINALDI
Maria Madalena
RINALDI
Alexei de Campos DIANESE
Alexei de Campos
DIANESE
Ana Maria COSTA
Ana Maria
COSTA
Débora Figueiredo de Oliveira da Silva ASSIS
Débora Figueiredo de Oliveira da Silva
ASSIS
Thayrine Almeida Rodrigues de OLIVEIRA
Thayrine Almeida Rodrigues de
OLIVEIRA
Samara Figueiredo de Oliveira ASSIS
Samara Figueiredo de Oliveira
ASSIS
Post-harvest conservation of Passiflora alata fruits under ambient and refrigerated condition
SciELO journals
2019
sweet passion fruit
temperature
packaging
wax
color
2019-02-13 02:44:55
Dataset
https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Post-harvest_conservation_of_Passiflora_alata_fruits_under_ambient_and_refrigerated_condition/7710716
<div><p>Abstract Brazil is the world's largest producer of passion fruit, a perishable fruit with reduced post-harvest shelf life, which limits its commercialization. For sweet passion fruit, Passiflora alata, there is little information about its postharvest conservation and shelf life under different storage conditions. Thus, the objective of the present study was to determine the post-harvest conservation of P. alata fruits packed on styrofoam trays rapped with 10 μm PVC film and HDPE 30 μm thick, coated with 18% carnauba wax and without any packaging; stored under ambient conditions (25 °C and 70% relative humidity) and refrigerated (10 °C and 90% relative humidity) for 14 days. The best results were obtained with P. alata fruits packaged on styrofoam trays rapped with 10 μm PVC flexible film and kept under refrigeration in a cold room at a temperature of 10 °C and relative humidity between 85% and 90% for a period of 10 to 14 days. Fruits of P. alata , for commercialization “in natura”, kept under ambient conditions, should not be packaged and have a shelf life of up to seven days.</p></div>