Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina

Trabajo presentado al XI International Pear Symposium, Argentina, 2010

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Autores principales: Gomila, Teofilo, Calvo, Gabriela, Candan, Ana Paula
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https://www.actahort.org/books/909/909_93.htm
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.909.93
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spelling INTA237342025-09-09T14:13:23Z Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina Gomila, Teofilo Calvo, Gabriela Candan, Ana Paula Pyrus communis Pears Varieties Ethylene Chlorophylls Pera Variedades Etileno Clorofilas Argentina Williams Variety Postharvest Vis-Spectroscopy Ethylene Production Climacteric Peak Variedad Williams Postcosecha Espectroscopia Vis Producción de Etileno Pico Climatérico Trabajo presentado al XI International Pear Symposium, Argentina, 2010 Determining the maturity at harvest is crucial for storage and marketing of pears. In recent years non-destructive techniques were evaluated. In this study we used spectroscopy in the Vis-NIR range, and established the AD index (absorbance difference) as the difference between the average value of absorbance between two points near the peak of chlorophyll absorption: 677 and 722 nm. Fruits were harvested between 93 and 131 days after full bloom (DAFB) and ethylene production, traditional maturity indexes and the AD index were determined on each date. Four significantly different maturity groups were characterized by their ethylene production pattern: immature (<99 DAFB), transition (102-105 DAFB), intermediate (107-124 DAFB) and late (>126 DAFB). AD values decreased with advanced harvest and had a high correlation with ethylene production. AD could better discriminate the ‘late’ harvest group than other traditional indexes such as flesh firmness. During shelf life, AD evolution showed a high correlation with the different stages of ethylene production of climacteric fruit: pre-climateric, rising phase and climateric. Preliminarily, it was established that AD values between 1.45 and 0.85 correspond to the pre-climacteric, between 0.85 and 0.50 to the rising phase, and values below 0.5 for climateric. We conclude that AD index can be useful to identify the physiological changes that occur during ‘Williams’ ripening, with the advantage of being an instant and non-destructive determination. EEA Alto Valle Fil: Gomila, Teófilo. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Alto Valle; Argentina Fil: Calvo, Gabriela. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Alto Valle; Argentina Fil: Candan, Ana Paula. Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria (INTA). Estación Experimental Agropecuaria Alto Valle; Argentina 2025-09-09T14:04:05Z 2025-09-09T14:04:05Z 2011-10 info:ar-repo/semantics/artículo info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23734 https://www.actahort.org/books/909/909_93.htm 978-90-66055-04-9 0567-7572 2406-6168 https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.909.93 eng info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) application/pdf ISHS Acta Horticulturae 909 : 751-756 (October 2011)
spellingShingle Pyrus communis
Pears
Varieties
Ethylene
Chlorophylls
Pera
Variedades
Etileno
Clorofilas
Argentina
Williams Variety
Postharvest
Vis-Spectroscopy
Ethylene Production
Climacteric Peak
Variedad Williams
Postcosecha
Espectroscopia Vis
Producción de Etileno
Pico Climatérico
Gomila, Teofilo
Calvo, Gabriela
Candan, Ana Paula
Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title_full Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title_fullStr Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title_full_unstemmed Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title_short Non-destructive index to characterize the maturity of 'Williams' pears grown in Argentina
title_sort non destructive index to characterize the maturity of williams pears grown in argentina
topic Pyrus communis
Pears
Varieties
Ethylene
Chlorophylls
Pera
Variedades
Etileno
Clorofilas
Argentina
Williams Variety
Postharvest
Vis-Spectroscopy
Ethylene Production
Climacteric Peak
Variedad Williams
Postcosecha
Espectroscopia Vis
Producción de Etileno
Pico Climatérico
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12123/23734
https://www.actahort.org/books/909/909_93.htm
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.909.93
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