Abstract
Fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cv. Fuerte were harvested at 3 different dates (August 17, September 8, October 13) and packed with and without Ethysorb R during 3 periods of storage to determine the optimum harvest maturity rates for best fruit quality in postharvest. Fruits harvested with 14-16% oil content and 75% pulp moisture maintained commercial quality during storage for 28 days at temperature of 7C. The use of two temperatures for storage (7C and 2C) results in better storage quality than using only one (7C); however, once the pulp is exposed to air, it spoils faster than the one kept only at 7C. No significant differences were found in maturity rates between the fruit packed with and without Ethysorb. Proper harvest maturity and subsequent fruit handling constitutes essential operations to insure the best fruit quality when exporting avocados to distant markets. Since this fruit ripens after harvest, picking them at an immature physiological state of development may result in irregular ripening, off flavors and physiological disorders (Swarts, 1979; Vakis et al., 1985; Zauberman et al., 1977).
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Claims 5
Claim · model-written summary
Fruit harvested at 14-16% oil content and 75% pulp moisture maintained commercial quality for 28 days at 7C.
- Taxon
- avocado
Persea americanae0 - Treatment
- harvested with 14-16% oil content and 75% pulp moisturee1
- Outcome
- commercial qualitye1
- Direction
- maintainede1
- Value
- 28 dayse1
- Qualifier
- at temperature of 7Ce1
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cv. Fuerte”
e1“Fruits harvested with 14-16% oil content and 75% pulp moisture maintained commercial quality during storage for 28 days at temperature of 7C”
Claim · model-written summary
Storage at two temperatures (7C and 2C) gave better storage quality than storage at one temperature (7C).
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae0
- Treatment
- use of two temperatures for storage (7C and 2C)e2
- Outcome
- storage qualitye2
- Direction
- bettere2
- Comparator
- using only one (7C)e2
Not reportedValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cv. Fuerte”
e2“The use of two temperatures for storage (7C and 2C) results in better storage quality than using only one (7C)”
Claim · model-written summary
Once the pulp was exposed to air, fruit spoiled faster than fruit kept only at 7C.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae0
- Treatment
- the pulp is exposed to aire3
- Outcome
- spoilse3
- Direction
- fastere3
- Comparator
- kept only at 7Ce3
Not reportedValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cv. Fuerte”
e3“once the pulp is exposed to air, it spoils faster than the one kept only at 7C”
Claim · model-written summary
No significant difference in maturity rates was found between fruit packed with and without Ethysorb.
- Taxon
- avocadoPersea americanae0
- Treatment
- packed with and without Ethysorbe4
- Outcome
- maturity ratese4
- Direction
- No significant differencese4
- Comparator
- without Ethysorbe4
Not reportedValue
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fruit of avocado (Persea americana Mill.) cv. Fuerte”
e4“No significant differences were found in maturity rates between the fruit packed with and without Ethysorb”
Claim · model-written summary
Proper harvest maturity and subsequent fruit handling are essential for the best avocado fruit quality when exporting to distant markets.
- Taxon
- avocadosPersea americanae5
- Treatment
- Proper harvest maturity and subsequent fruit handlinge5
- Outcome
- best fruit qualitye5
- Qualifier
- when exporting avocados to distant marketse5
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e5“Proper harvest maturity and subsequent fruit handling constitutes essential operations to insure the best fruit quality when exporting avocados to distant markets”
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