%0 Journal Article
%T Efecto del almacenamiento en atm¨®sfera controlada sobre la calidad poscosecha y nutricional del tomate
%A L¨®pez Valenzuela
%A Jos¨¦ ¨˘ngel
%A Valverde Ju¨˘rez
%A Francisco Javier
%A Mej¨Şa Torres
%A Silvia Lizzeth
%A L¨®pez Angulo
%A Gabriela
%A Vega Garc¨Şa
%A Misael Od¨Şn
%J Revista Chapingo. Serie horticultura
%D 2011
%I Universidad Aut¨®noma Chapingo
%X the objective of the present work was to determine the effect of controlled atmosphere (ca) storage on the postharvest quality and nutritional content of tomato (solanum lycopersicum l.) 'imperial'. mature green fruit were stored at 12 ˇăc under refrigeration (ambient air, air) or ca (4 kpa o2 + 96 kpa n2) at 12 ˇăc for up to 21 days before being transferred to air at 23 ˇăc for up to 12 days. three fruits were taken per treatment after zero, four, eight and 12 days of ripening at 23 ˇăc to evaluate external color, firmness, soluble solids content (ssc), co2 and ethylene production rates, and ascorbic acid, ¦Â-carotene and lycopene content. ca storage delayed the loss of firmness and ascorbic acid degradation. it also decreased co2 and ethylene production rate, ¦Â-carotene and lycopene synthesis, delaying red color development and ripening. the results indicate that storage of tomato fruit under ca extends the shelf life and the marketing period compared with traditional refrigeration systems.
%K solanum lycopersicum
%K ascorbic acid
%K ¦Â-carotene
%K lycopene
%K metabolic activity.
%U http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1027-152X2011000200005&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en