FENOLOGIA E ARMAZENAMENTO PÓS-COLHEITA DE CAJU-ARBÓREO-DO-CERRADO

Abstract

The biodiversity of the Cerrado fauna, such as fruit trees, is highlighted, presenting several edible fruits with good density and with potential for agro-industrialization. In this study we emphasize the Cerrado tree cashew, also known as Cerrado cajuzinho, which is typical of the Central Plateau, well accepted by consumers in the region, highly perishable and scientifically little explored. The objective of this study was to evaluate the phenology of cajuzinho do cerrado, from the evaluation of physicochemical characteristics of its development from the anthesis of the flower bud and then to evaluate the characteristics in post-harvest storage. For this, they were studied and theoretically studied according to biometrics and longitudinal and soluble physical-chemical mass, titratable, pH and ascorbic acid content according to standardized methodology. The fruits after the ripening of the flower majority of 8 characteristics of physical and material characteristics of 5 days after ripening ripened with most of the temperature of chemical storage materials from 3 days of physical storage characteristics.