The study determined the quality parameters of three cultivars of strawberries, aiming to provide support to the producers as to the choice of the best cultivar at planting time. The studied parameters were: physical characterization, mass loss, pH, soluble solids, titratable acidity, total, reducing and non-reducing sugars and vitamin C. Fruit of the cv. Oso-Grande presented higher values of pH and mass loss a...
This study aimed to investigate the influence of 1 - methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) on the substances involved in the softening of strawberry, cultivar Oso Grande, stored at room temperature, from the municipality of Itutinga, State of Minas Gerais. The parameters evaluated were: firmness, total pectin, percentage of solubilization, activities of the enzymes pectinmethylesterase (PME) (EC 3.1.1.11) and polygalactur...