Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura (Dec 2009)
Revestimentos alternativos na conservação pós-colheita de maracujá-amarelo Alternative covering in the shelf life conservation of yellow passion fruit produced in organic system
Abstract
Este trabalho objetivou avaliar diferentes substancias: cera de carnaúba, látex de seringueira, cloreto de cálcio e fécula de mandioca na conservação pós-colheita do maracujá-amarelo armazenado sob temperatura ambiente. Frutos colhidos, selecionados, lavados e sanitizados com água clorada a 150 mg L-1 foram submetidos aos seguintes tratamentos: 1 - controle, lavados e sanitizados; 2 - cera de carnaúba; 3 - látex de seringueira diluído 1:3 (v/v); 4 - cloreto de cálcio a 1%; 5 - fécula de mandioca a 2%. O delineamento utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado em parcelas subdivididas, sendo a parcela principal formada pelo tempo de armazenamento, e as subparcelas pelos tratamentos, com 3 repetições de 4 frutos cada. O revestimento do maracujá-amarelo com cera de carnaúba, látex de seringueira, cloreto de cálcio e fécula de mandioca não influenciou nos resultados de massa fresca do fruto e da polpa, AT, SS, SS/AT e ácido ascórbico. O látex de seringueira, semelhantemente ao produto comercializado cera de carnaúba foram as coberturas mais eficientes, reduzindo a perda de massa e o índice de murchamento, e aumentando em 4 e 3 dias, respectivamente, a vida de prateleira dos frutos.The present work had the objective to evaluate different substances: carnauba's wax, latex rubber tree, solution of calcium chloride and cassava starch in the shelf life of the yellow passion fruit stored under temperature atmosphere. Fruits selected, washed and sanitized with chlorinated water in 150 mg L-1, were submitted by the following treatment: 1 - control, washed and sanitized; 2 - immerse in carnauba´s wax (Fruit Wax); 3 - immerse in rubber tree latex, diluted in proportion of 1:3 (v/v); 4 - solution of calcium chloride in 1%; 5 - cassava starch in 2%. The experimental design was completely randomized in split-plot arrangement. The plot corresponded to the storage period (0, 3, 6, 9, 12 and 15 days) and the split-plot by the treatments, with 3 repetitions of 4 fruits each. The fresh weight of the fruit, fresh weight of the pulp, titratable acidity (TA), soluble solids (SS), ratio SS/TA and ascorbic acid of the yellow passion fruit was not affected by the coating with Fruit Wax, rubber tree latex, calcium chloride and cassava starch. The rubber tree latex, similar to the product commercialized as carnauba's wax was the most efficient coating, reducing the mass loss and the shriveling index and increasing in 4 and 3 days, respectively the shelf life of the fruits.
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