2005•Acta HorticulturaeRequires access
POSTHARVEST USE OF 1-MCP TO EXTEND STORAGE LIFE OF MELON IN BRAZIL - CURRENT RESEARCH STATUS
Ricardo Elesbão Alves, H.A.C. Filgueiras, Ana Sofia Almeida, F.L.C. Machado, Maria do Socorro Rocha Bastos, M. A. C. de Lima, D. Terao, Enízia Oliveira Simões da Silva, Elizângela Cabral dos Santos, M. E. C. Pereira, Maria Raquel Alcântara de Miranda
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Abstract
Efficiency of 1-MCP on postharvest life of whole and fresh-cut cantaloupe melons was evaluated. Melons were treated with doses varying from 0 to 900 nl.L -1 in order to define the best concentration of 1-MCP. Flesh softening was the main characteristic affected in all experiments and softening delay was according to the dose, although differences between doses above 300 nl.L -1 were not significant. Respiration and ethylene evolution rates were reduced and both CO 2 and ethylene peaks were delayed in trials with whole melons. 1-MCP doubled postharvest life of cantaloupe melons at ambient temperature (from 1 to 2 weeks). Treated melons were acceptable for 27 days, whereas control fruit could be stored for no longer than 7 days.[...]