QUALIDADE PÓS-COLHEITA DA MANGA 'TOMMY ATKINS' COMERCIALIZADA EM DIFERENTES ESTABELECIMENTOS COMERCIAIS NO MUNICÍPIO DE MOSSORÓ-RN
2009
ISABELLE FERREIRA XAVIER | GRAZIANNY ANDRADE LEITE | ERIKA VALENTE DE MEDEIROS | PATRÍCIA LÍGIA DANTAS DE MORAIS | LUCIANA MORAIS DE LIMA
The objective of this work was to evaluate the postharvest quality of the Tommy Atkins mango commercialized in the city of Mossoró-RN. The fruits had been collected, randomized, in three commercial establishments (Market of great port, free Fair and market of small port). In each establishment 6 collections had been carried through, distributed during the months of August, September and October. The experimental design was blocks randomized with three treatments and six repetitions, two fruits for experimental unit for physicist-chemistries analyses and five fruits for phytopathology analyses. The days of collection had been considered as blocks and the markets as treatments. The variables analyzed were: mass, longitudinal and ventral lengths, price, internal appearance, external appearance, firmness, solubles solids, titratable acidity, solubles solids and titratable acidity relation, pH, incidence and frequency of fungus isolation. The fruits commercialized in the three establishments had presented physical and chemical characteristics that fit in the standard considered reasonable for consumption in natura of 'Tommy Atkins' fruits. It was found high incidence of spots and/or podrition, mainly in market C. The fungus found in the isolation frequency had been of the Colletotrichum, Alternaria, Aspergillus, Lasiodiplodia and Rhizopus.
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