QUALITY OF YELLOW AND CHARENTAIS MELONS AFFECTED BY THE FRUIT SIZE

Autor:	Francisco Hf Pereira, Mário Puiatti, Fernando Luiz Finger, L. A. De Aquino
Rok vydání:	2010
Předmět:	Ethylene Chemistry Pulp (paper) Fresh weight food and beverages Titratable acid Horticulture engineering.material Tropical fruit chemistry.chemical_compound Anthesis Soluble solids engineering Hybrid
Zdroj:	Acta Horticulturae. :411-414
ISSN:	2406-6168 0567-7572
DOI:	10.17660/actahortic.2010.864.56
Popis:	In this study the objective was to evaluate the quality of Yellow hybrid Gold Mine (Group Inodorus) and Charentais hybrid Fleuron (Group Cantaloupensis) influenced by the fruit size. The experiment was conduced between 11/24/2003 and 03/11/2004 at the Federal University of Vicosa. The fruits were harvested 42 days after anthesis at commercial stage and graded as type 6 (1.63 kg), 9 (1.05 kg) and 12 (0.74 kg) fruits/box with capacity of 10 kg of Gold Mine and type 4 (1.37 kg), 6 (0.90 kg) and 8 (0.64 kg) fruits/box with capacity of 5 kg of Fleuron fruits. For the hybrid Gold Mine the pulp firmness, pericarp thickness and respiration were higher in the fruits type 6. However, the total soluble solids were reduced and the ethylene production increased in smaller fruits. In the hybrid Fleuron the pulp pH, firmness, titrable acidity, total soluble solids and ethylene production were higher in fruits graded as type 4, but the pericarp thickness diminished with the reduction of the fruit size. The results of this experiment suggest that fruits with smaller fresh weight are qualitatively inferior regardless the hybrid.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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