TY - JOUR
T1 - Postharvest physiology and technology of Spondias purpurea L. and S. mombin L
AU - Maldonado-Astudillo, Yanik Ixchel
AU - Alia-Tejacal, Irán
AU - Núñez-Colín, Carlos Alberto
AU - Jiménez-Hernández, Javier
AU - Pelayo-Zaldívar, Clara
AU - López-Martínez, Víctor
AU - Andrade-Rodríguez, María
AU - Bautista-Baños, Silvia
AU - Valle-Guadarrama, Salvador
N1 - Funding Information:
This review was supported by the research network “Ciencia y Tecnología Pre y Postcosecha” (Pre and Postharvest Science and Technology) from SEP-PROMEP. We would like to thank B.Sc. Leonardo Castillo Pelayo for his assistance in the revision of the English language manuscript.
PY - 2014/7/22
Y1 - 2014/7/22
N2 - Spondias purpurea and S. mombin (Anacardiaceae) are tropical species native to Mexico with a distribution that spans all of tropical America, Central America, Peru and Brazil. The fruits are consumed fresh or processed and enjoy good consumer acceptance because of their taste, which ranges from sour to sour-sweet, and in the case of S. purpurea because of the diversity of colouration of its epicarp. All of these characteristics suggest a high commercial potential for Spondias in Mexico and other regions of tropical America, as well as in export markets. Despite this, the marketing of fruits is mainly local due to their high perishability. The most common postharvest pests and diseases are fruit flies and fruit-rot fungi; however a limited number of conservation methods are used because of the scarce knowledge concerning the postharvest physiological behaviour of Spondias fruit. This document therefore, aims to provide relevant information about the biology and postharvest technology of S. purpurea and S. mombin published by other authors over the last 50 years, as well as experimental data obtained by our research group that will provide a useful reference for future work on the postharvest handling of these genetic resources.
AB - Spondias purpurea and S. mombin (Anacardiaceae) are tropical species native to Mexico with a distribution that spans all of tropical America, Central America, Peru and Brazil. The fruits are consumed fresh or processed and enjoy good consumer acceptance because of their taste, which ranges from sour to sour-sweet, and in the case of S. purpurea because of the diversity of colouration of its epicarp. All of these characteristics suggest a high commercial potential for Spondias in Mexico and other regions of tropical America, as well as in export markets. Despite this, the marketing of fruits is mainly local due to their high perishability. The most common postharvest pests and diseases are fruit flies and fruit-rot fungi; however a limited number of conservation methods are used because of the scarce knowledge concerning the postharvest physiological behaviour of Spondias fruit. This document therefore, aims to provide relevant information about the biology and postharvest technology of S. purpurea and S. mombin published by other authors over the last 50 years, as well as experimental data obtained by our research group that will provide a useful reference for future work on the postharvest handling of these genetic resources.
KW - Ethylene
KW - Packing
KW - Pests
KW - Respiration
KW - Ripening
KW - Storage
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U2 - 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.016
DO - 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.016
M3 - Artículo
SN - 0304-4238
VL - 174
SP - 193
EP - 206
JO - Scientia Horticulturae
JF - Scientia Horticulturae
IS - 1
ER -