Due to its climateric behavior, the cherimoya fruit (Annona cherimola Mill.) is a very perishable commodity. Present research aimed to observe the anti-senescence effect of resveratrol (RVS); this plant bioregulator was applied at 1.6, 0.16, 0.016 and 0 mM at 0, 8 and 15 days before harvest (DBH). At 1, 7 and 15 days of postharvest life, several physical and biochemical determinations were performed on the cherimoya fruit. After 15 days under room temperature conditions, in relation to control fruit, those fruit with 1.6 mM RVS applied 15 DBH reduced skin softening rate 78% and 54% for ‘Fino de Jete’ and ‘Bronceada’, respectively. Similarly, after 15 days of storage, a non-trained group of tasters preferred those fruit treated with 1.6 mM RVS 15 DBH; they qualified the fruit as better than the control fruit in presentation, aroma and taste.

The cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) fruit is climacteric and has a very short postharvest life; the symptoms of senescence include peel browning and fruit softening. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of application of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) in the postharvest life of cherimoya fruit ‘Fino de Jete’. Fruits were randomly selected from the middle and basal part of six trees. BAP was applied at 1.0 mM or 0 mM in every of two dates, that is 8 or 15 days before harvest (DAC). After harvest, fruits were transported for 1.5 h and stored in two different temperatures, refrigerated (TR) (6 °C) or room temperature (TA) (16 ± 2 °C). Every third day, from 1 to 15 day after harvest (DDC), they were analyzed in relation to weight loss, color L*, a* and b*, and fruit firmness and deformation. In TA, the fruits treated with 1 mM BAP in both, 8 or 15 DAC retained peel ...

Due to its climateric behavior, the cherimoya fruit (Annona cherimola Mill.) is a very perishable commodity. Present research aimed to observe the anti-senescence effect of resveratrol (RVS); this plant bioregulator was applied at 1.6, 0.16, 0.016 and 0 mM at 0, 8 and 15 days before harvest (DBH). At 1, 7 and 15 days of postharvest life, several physical and biochemical determinations were performed on the cherimoya fruit. After 15 days under room temperature conditions, in relation to control fruit, those fruit with 1.6 mM RVS applied 15 DBH reduced skin softening rate 78% and 54% for ‘Fino de Jete’ and ‘Bronceada’, respectively. Similarly, after 15 days of storage, a non-trained group of tasters preferred those fruit treated with 1.6 mM RVS 15 DBH; they qualified the fruit as better than the control fruit in presentation, aroma and taste.

The cherimoya (Annona cherimola Mill.) fruit is climacteric and has a very short postharvest life; the symptoms of senescence include peel browning and fruit softening. The objective of this research was to evaluate the effect of application of 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP) in the postharvest life of cherimoya fruit ‘Fino de Jete’. Fruits were randomly selected from the middle and basal part of six trees. BAP was applied at 1.0 mM or 0 mM in every of two dates, that is 8 or 15 days before harvest (DAC). After harvest, fruits were transported for 1.5 h and stored in two different temperatures, refrigerated (TR) (6 °C) or room temperature (TA) (16 ± 2 °C). Every third day, from 1 to 15 day after harvest (DDC), they were analyzed in relation to weight loss, color L*, a* and b*, and fruit firmness and deformation. In TA, the fruits treated with 1 mM BAP in both, 8 or 15 DAC retained peel ...