Development of a New Essential Oil-Based Technology to Maintain Fruit Quality in Tomato
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URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10835/12119
ISSN: 2311-7524
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7090303
ISSN: 2311-7524
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae7090303
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Duque, Luisa Fernanda; Amador, María Victoria; Guzmán Palomino, José Miguel; Asensio Grima, Carlos Manuel; Valenzuela Manjón-Cabeza, Juan LuisFecha
2021-09-10Resumen
In this study, a new technology was tested for its efficacy in the conservation of tomato fruits. An initial experiment was conducted to determine the effects of eugenol on the main quality parameters of Raf tomato fruits; then, a main experiment was performed to test the effectiveness of the new technology. In both experiments, fruits of the tomato cultivar Raf at the mature green stage were used. The preliminary experiment demonstrated the effectiveness of eugenol in maintaining fruit quality during the postharvest life of the fruit. In the main experiment, the fruits were packed using a sachet filled with a mixture consisting of 10:1:1 clinoptilolite clay, ground clove buds, and activated charcoal. This mixture was evaluated against a commercial ethylene scavenger composed mainly of KMnO4-impregnated sepiolite. Three lots of fruits were used: One batch was considered as the control, where the fruits were not packed but kept in an open box at room temperature. The fruits in the other...
Palabra/s clave
clove buds
ethylene scavenger
essential oil
fruit quality
Solanum lycopersicum