Doenças pós-colheita em citros e caracterização da população fúngica em packinghouses e na Ceagesp-SP / Postharvest diseases in citrus and characterization of the fungal population in packinghouses and at Ceagesp-SP

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007

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The purposes of this work were a) to characterize postharvest injuries in 'Valência' oranges and 'Murcott' tangors aimed at the external market, and in 'Pêra', 'Lima', 'Natal' oranges and 'Murcott' tangors aimed at the internal market after different processing stages in a packinghouse in 2004 and 2005, and at Ceagesp-SP in 2006; b) to identify critical points and impact extent on processing lines in packinghouses; c) to characterize the environmental mycoflora in packinghouses and in retail points at Ceagesp; d) to characterize the superficial mycoflora of equipment and facilities, and e) to characterize the presence of isolated Penicillium spp. resistant to fungicides in packinghouses. Fruits were collected at the packinghouse, at their arrival, after pre-washing and degreening, from the packing table, from the pallet and at Ceagesp. They were stored for 14 to 21 days at 25°C and 85-90% RH. The incidence of injuries was visually evaluated every three days. An instrumented sphere with acceleration register (G) was used to evaluate the extent of impacts at the transference points of the citrus processing line. The environmental mycoflora was sampled according to the gravimetric method, using Petri dishes containing potato-dextrose-agar medium opened for two minutes. The superficial mycoflora on equipment and facilities was sampled with Rodac plates. There was low rot incidence (under 3.5%) in fruits aimed at the external market. The main disease affecting 'Valência' oranges and 'Murcott' tangors were Lasiodiplodia stem-end rot and anthracnose, respectively. Rots averaged between 12.8% and 36.2% at the end of the storage period in fruits aimed at the internal market, and green mold was the main postharvest disease. Oleocellosis increased along the processing stages until the arrival of fruits at the packing table. Wax application reduced the incidence of wilted fruits. Ninety-five percent of the impacts in the packinghouse processing line in fruits aimed at the external market ranged between 30 and 95 G, while 94% of the impacts in fruits aimed at the internal market ranged between 24 and 131 G. The environmental and the packinghouse superficial fungal population in fruits aimed at the external market were 12.3 and 52.3 cfu/plate, respectively, while these populations in fruits aimed at the internal market were 46.3 and 68.2 cfu/plate, respectively. Intermediate values in relation to packinghouses were observed at Ceagesp, where the environmental fungal population was 25.3 cfu/plate. Cladosporium and Penicillium were the most prevailing genera of fungi. The contamination of "clean zones" in the packinghouses (washing of fruits, packing table, boxes and containers) was not substantially lower than contamination in "dirty zones" (reception of fruits and first selection). The percentage of P. digitatum isolates resistant to thiabendazole was 25.9 in the environment and 30.1 on the packinghouse surface for fruits aimed at the external market, while the corresponding data concerning isolates resistant to imazalil were 1.5 and 16.0, respectively. In the packinghouse of fruits aimed at the internal market, the percentage of isolates of P. digitatum resistant to thiabendazole was 51.9 in the environment and 39.2 on the packinghouse surface, while the corresponding data concerning isolates resistant to imazalil were 0.1 and 0.9, respectively.

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citric fruit rot green mold podridão – doença de planta pós-colheita postharvest mofo verde plant disease frutas cítricas

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