PODRIDÃO ESTILAR EM FRUTOS DE LIMA ‘TAHITI’: RELAÇÃO COM HORÁRIO DE COLHEITA E ARMAZENAMENTO

Abstract

Abstract: The 'Tahiti' lime has a significant economic importance in Brazil, due to the volume of production. However, for most foods, its quality is crucial for the production flow. In citrus, physiological disorders that interfere with fruit quality have been widely addressed in the literature; however, data on these disorders in specific cultures and their relationship with postharvest quality of fruits are scarce. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the relationship between fruit harvesting time and the impact, in this case, intentional, simulated by fall, with the appearance of postharvest style rot of Lima ‘Tahiti’. For this, the experiment was conducted in a factorial scheme (3 x 2) 3 - harvest times, and 2 - presence or absence of impact, and each treatment consisted of 15 replications, totaling 90 experimental units. The fruits were evaluated daily for fresh mass, and presence and evolution of steril rot. And on the last day of evaluation the fruits were submitted to physicochemical analysis of total soluble solids content (SS) and total titratable acidity (TA). It was found that the fruits that suffered fall are more likely to have lesions originating from sterile rot and that the harvest time interferes with the number of occurrences and also the size of the lesions, under the conditions of this experiment.