Keragaman Kualitas Fisik dan Kimia Buah Pepaya Calina di Balumbangjaya

Pepaya merupakan tanaman yang dapat berproduksi sepanjang tahun di Indonesia. Pepaya memiliki banyak varietas sehingga memiliki rasa, bentuk dan ukuran buah yang beragam. Keragaman penampilan pepaya unggul di lapangan perlu dievaluasi sebagai upaya mempertahankan. karakter kualitasnya. Tujuan penelitian ini adalah mengkarakterisasi dan mengklasifikasi keragaman kualitas fisik dan kimia buah pepaya Callina. Metode pengambilan sampel menggunakan Metode Purposive Random Sampling dengan sampel sebanyak 50 pohon. Setiap pohon sampel diambil empat buah sehingga terdapat total 200 buah pepaya. Setiap pohon sampel diberi kode bentuk buah berdasarkan Descriptor for Papaya. Penelitian dilaksanakan di Kebun Pepaya Desa Babakan Lebak, Kelurahan Balumbang Jaya, Kecamatan Bogor Barat, Kota Bogor dan Laboratorium Pasca Panen Fakultas Pertanian IPB dari bulan April hingga bulan Juli 2022. Hasil percobaan menunjukkan terdapat keragaman bentuk dan rongga buah Pepaya Callina yaitu elongate, lengthened-cylindrical, oval, dan globular. Pepaya Callina memiliki bentuk buah di ujung tangkai tipe depressed dan digolongkan sebagai buah pepaya berukuran kecil hingga sedang. Rongga buah pepaya yang berbentuk bintang memiliki bobot dan jumlah biji yang lebih tinggi. Buah berbentuk elongate dan lengthened-cylindrical memiliki bentuk sesuai dengan deskripsi pepaya Callina. Buah berbentuk globular memiliki nilai PTT lebih tinggi dibandingkan dengan tiga tipe buah lainnya. Bobot buah berkolasi positif dengan panjang, diameter, tebal daging buah, volume buah, dan bobot biji.Kata kunci: buah tropis, karakterisasi, klasifikasi, mutu buahPapaya is a plant that can grow all year in Indonesia. Papaya has many varieties, so it has a variety of flavors, shapes, and sizes of the fruit. The diversity of superior papaya in the field should be evaluated to maintain its quality. The purpose of the research is to characterize and classify the diversity of physical and chemical qualities of Callina papaya. The sampling method used was the Purposive Random Sampling Method with a sample of 50 trees, each tree sampled four papaya fruits, so there were 200 total fruits. The sample tree is coded with a fruit shape based on the Descriptor for Papaya. The research was conducted from April to July 2022 at Papaya orchard in Babakan Lebak Village, Balumbang Jaya Village, West Bogor District, Bogor City, and the Post-Harvest Laboratory of the Faculty of Agriculture, IPB University. The results of the experiment showed that there were variations in the shape and cavity of the Callina papaya, namely elongate, lengthened-cylindrical, oval, and globular. Callina papaya has a fruit shape at the end of the stem of the depressed type and is classified as a small to medium-sized papaya fruit. The star-shaped papaya fruit cavity has a higher seed weight. The elongated and lengthened-cylindrical fruit has a shape in accordance with the description of the Callina papaya. Globular-shaped fruit has the higher TSS value as compared with other types. Fruit weight was positively correlated with length, diameter, flesh thickness.Keywords: tropical fruit, characterization, classification, fruit qualit