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Postharvest storage of blackberry fruits.

Conservação póscolheita de frutos de amoreira-preta.

Author(s) : ANTUNES L. E. C., DUARTE FILHO J., SOUZA C. M. de

Type of article: Article

Summary

A study was conducted to evaluate the behaviour of blackberry (cultivars Brazos and Comanche) fruits kept under different environmental conditions and for different storage periods. Treatments comprised: storage at 2 or 20 plus or minus 2 °C for 0, 3, 6, 9 and 12 days. The characteristics evaluated were mass loss, total ascorbic acid, total soluble solids, pH and total titratable acidity (citric acid percentage). The increase in storage duration resulted in a significant mass loss, mainly when the fruits were stored at 20 °C. An increase in pH and reductions in total titratable acidity and total soluble acids were observed as the storage duration increased.

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  • Original title: Conservação póscolheita de frutos de amoreira-preta.
  • Record ID : 2004-1226
  • Languages: Portuguese
  • Source: Pesqui. Agropecu. bras. - vol. 38 - n. 3
  • Publication date: 2003

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