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Provedor de dados: | 75
País: | Brazil
Título: | Populational density and harvest age of carrots for baby carrot manufacture
Autores: | Simões,Adriano do N; Moreira,Silvino I; Costa,Franciscleudo B da; Almeida,Alysson Roberto de; Santos,Ricardo HS; Puschmann,Rolf.
Data: | 2010-06-01
Ano: | 2010
Palavras-chave: | Daucus carota; Quality; Planting system; Minimal processing.
Resumo: | The quality of baby carrots may be associated to the standard of the raw material that in turn, may be influenced by agronomic practices. Thus, the effect of planting density and harvest age were assessed on physical and morphological characteristics, yield and end quality of intact and minimally processed carrots in the form of baby carrots. A randomized block experimental design was used with the density in the plots (4 x 20 cm and 4 x 7.5 cm) and the harvest age in the subplots (50, 57, 64, 71, 78, 85, 92, 99 and 106 days), with five replications. The experimental unit consisted of 25 plants. The assessments of diameter, length, yield, secondary phloem translocation with the cambio and total carotenoids were decisive in selecting the carrot harvest age for baby carrot manufacture. Under the 4 x 20 cm and 4 x 7.5 cm adensed conditions, harvested between 85 and 92 days, carrot roots became thinner and more orange in color (with maximum carotenoid accumulation), larger and with satisfactory yields and therefore more acceptable for minimal processing in the form of baby carrots. Thus the decision of populational density associated to harvest age will depend on the market demand, on price, quality and other variables. The use of adensed cropping with early harvests may lead to obtain carrots and respective baby carrots that are more acceptable for commercialization.
Tipo: | Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: | Inglês
Identificador: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0102-05362010000200002
Editor: | Associação Brasileira de Horticultura
Relação: | 10.1590/S0102-05362010000200002
Formato: | text/html
Fonte: | Horticultura Brasileira  v.28 n.2 2010
Fonte: | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess