Factors pre and post harvest that afects the quality of the fruits "Conferences" and "Alexandre Lucas"

Four experiments were conducted to evaluate the effect of 1-MCP in CS and CA, and the ULO storage on the sensory quality and incidence of physiological disorders in function of the maturation at harvest in pears Conference and Alexander Lucas harvested at three production location. The fruit harvest was carried out in the cities of Ravensburg (orchard 1) for both cultivars and Langenargen (Orchard 2) and Öhringen (orchard 3) only for Alexander Lucas . All locations are in the state of Baden-Württemberg, southwestern Germany. For the experiments 1, 2 and 3 the design was completely randomized in a factorial scheme five (storage conditions) for two (harvest maturity). Treatments were: cold storage (CS-21.0 kPaO2+0.03 kPa CO2), controlled atmosphere (CA-2 kPa O2 / <0.7 kPa CO2), CS with 1-MCP application (CS+1-MCP-300 nL L-1), CA with application of 1-MCP (CA+1-MCP) and ultra low oxygen (ULO, 0.7 kPa O2 /<0.7 kPa CO2) versus harvest 1 (05/09/2012; Streif index of 0.15, 0.12, 0.09 to 1, 2 and 3 orchards, respectively) and harvest 2 (18/09/2012; Streif index of 0.08; 0.06, 0.08 for orchard 1, 2 and 3, respectively). All treatments were stored at 0±0.1°C and 94±2% relative humidity. In the experiment 4 was added high CO2 treatment (CO2-2 kPa O2/CO2 3 kPa). After seven months of storage plus seven days at ambient conditions (20±2°C/60±5% RH) fruits were evaluated for sensory attributes of firmness, color of skin (h°), soluble solids (SS), titratable acidity (TA) and aromatic compounds aldehydes, alcohols and esters. In addition, it were measured production of ethylene, &#945;-farnesene, 6-methyl-5-heptene-2-one and respiratory rate, phenolics, vitamin C of epidermis, scald and internal browning , percentage of fruit with cavities and rot, and mineral content. In general the best storage condition to Conference would be in CA+1-MCP in fruit picked with IS 0.08. This condition provides larger fruits with reduced scald index without internal browning, besides development of aromatic compounds. The storage of the fruits of Alexander Lucas for seven months plus seven days at room temperature is too long. All the storage conditions caused internal disorder. Nevertheless, there are indications of the best storage condition in CS+1-MCP in fruits picked with IS 0.08. In this condition beyond the larger return occurs in the production of volatile reduction in surface escaldaura and browning occurs and no appearance of cavitiesForam conduzidos quatro experimentos com o objetivo de avaliar o efeito do 1-MCP, em AR e AC, e do ULO sobre a qualidade sensorial e incidência de distúrbios fisiológicos, em função do estádio de maturação em peras Conference e Alexander Lucas colhidas em três locais de produção. A colheita dos frutos foi realizada nos municípios de Ravensburg (pomar 1), para ambas as cultivares e Langenargen (pomar 2) e Öhringen (pomar 3) somente para Alexander Lucas . Todos os municípios localizam-se no estado de Baden-Württemberg, sudoeste da Alemanha. Para os experimentos 1, 2 e 3 o delineamento utilizado foi o inteiramente casualizado em esquema bifatorial cinco (condições de armazenamento) por dois (pontos de maturação). Os tratamentos foram: atmosfera refrigerada (AR-21,0 kPa O2+0,03 kPa CO2), atmosfera controlada (AC-2 kPa O2/<0,7 kPa CO2), AR com aplicação de 1-MCP (AR*-300 nL L-1), AC com aplicação de 1-MCP (AC*) e ultra baixo oxigênio (ULO-0,7 kPa O2/