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Expérience au Brésil dans le domaine de la manipulation des cerises des Antilles destinées à l'exportation lors de la récolte et après récolte : recommandations.

Brazilian experience on the handling of acerola fruits for international trade: harvest and postharvest recommendations.

Auteurs : ALVES R. E., FILGUEIRAS H. A. C., MENEZES J. B., et al.

Résumé

Acerola (Malpighia emarginata DC) fruit is greatly valued because of its high vitamin C content that, in ripe fruit, can be 20-30 fold higher than that of citrus fruits. Furthermore, acerola fruits have a favourable colour and a pleasant flavour that make it very attractive for consumption, especially as a juice. Acerola fruits have a high metabolic activity after harvest and the completion of ripening occurs very quickly, causing it to be too perishable for the fresh market. Therefore they must be rapidly frozen or processed. The paper reviews acerola fruit development and post-harvest handling and discusses harvest indices and harvesting techniques. Postharvest technology and quality criteria are also discussed on the basis of the first author's experience in Brazil.

Détails

  • Titre original : Brazilian experience on the handling of acerola fruits for international trade: harvest and postharvest recommendations.
  • Identifiant de la fiche : 2000-1896
  • Langues : Anglais
  • Source : Proceedings of the International Symposium on effect of preharvest and postharvest factors on storage of fruit.
  • Date d'édition : 03/1999
  • Document disponible en consultation à la bibliothèque du siège de l'IIF uniquement.

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