Quality of 'Fuji' apples stored under controlled atmosphere and influence of climate on the incidence of internal browning

Authors

  • Thais Roseli Corrêa
  • Cristiano André Steffens Universidade do Estado de Santa Catarina
  • Cassandro Vidal Talamani do Amarante
  • Auri Brackmann
  • João Paulo Generoso Silveira
  • Hélio Tanaka
  • Vanderlei Both

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2010.v45.7993

Keywords:

Malus domestica, storage, physiological disorders, water core, postharvest, fruit quality

Abstract

The objective of this work was to evaluate fruit quality and the relation between climatic conditions controlled atmosphere (CA) of storage, in Fuji apples. Fruit from three orchards (Vacaria, RS, and São Joaquim and Lages, SC) and two years (2006/2007 e 2007/2008) were evaluated. The orchards were daily monitored, during fruit development, for . Fruit were stored during eight months in different CA conditions, at -0.5±0,1ºC and 97% . Pearson's correlations between climatic condition variables and internal browning incidence after CA storage were estimated. Fruit stored under 1.2 kPa of O2 and 2.0 kPa of CO2 had higher titratable acidity, flesh firmness and texture, and lower respiration and ethylene production rates; however these fruit exhibited a high internal browning incidence in comparison to fruit stored at 1.2 kPa of O2 and <0.5 kPa of CO2. The internal browning incidence decreases as the medium daily temperatures occurred between 90 and 210 days after full bloom increase.

Published

2011-01-25

How to Cite

Corrêa, T. R., Steffens, C. A., do Amarante, C. V. T., Brackmann, A., Silveira, J. P. G., Tanaka, H., & Both, V. (2011). Quality of ’Fuji’ apples stored under controlled atmosphere and influence of climate on the incidence of internal browning. Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira, 45(6), 531–538. https://doi.org/10.1590/S1678-3921.pab2010.v45.7993

Issue

Section

STORAGE