The objective of this study was to evaluate the production and quality of ‘Sugar Baby’ watermelon fruits under different strategies of irrigation with saline water and nitrogen (N) fertilization in an experiment conducted in a protected environment in Campina Grande, Paraíba, Brazil. The experimental design adopted was in blocks with a 6 × 2 factorial scheme, corresponding to six strategies of irrigation with s...
Osmotic dehydration, similar to classical dehydration, allows partial concentration of cellular material in food. However, instead of using heat, the water activity of the product is reduced by placing the same in contact with a hypertonic solution of solutes. As a result of this process, perishable fruits are transformed into products with good storage conditions, with greater stability, similar quality to the...