Harvesting and postharvest handling practices and characteristics of Uapaca kirkiana (Muell. Arg.) fruits: a survey of roadside markets in Malawi
| العنوان: | Harvesting and postharvest handling practices and characteristics of Uapaca kirkiana (Muell. Arg.) fruits: a survey of roadside markets in Malawi |
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| المؤلفون: | Jarret Mhango, John D.K. Saka, Ian A. Merwin, I. Kadzere, Christopher B. Watkins, Festus K. Akinnifesi |
| المصدر: | Agroforestry Systems. 68:133-142 |
| بيانات النشر: | Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2006. |
| سنة النشر: | 2006 |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: | Lightness, biology, Euphorbiaceae, food and beverages, Tropics, Forestry, Shelf life, biology.organism_classification, Uapaca kirkiana, Horticulture, Abscission, Botany, Postharvest, Agronomy and Crop Science, Fruit tree |
| الوصف: | Uapaca kirkiana (Muell. Arg.), a highly valued indigenous fruit species, is being domesticated to increase its utilization in southern Africa. Vendors, who were also the fruit gatherers, that were selling U. kirkiana fruits at roadside markets in Dedza, Malawi, were interviewed on four occasions during the marketing season (October 2003–January 2004) and fruit samples were concurrently sampled from each vendor. Information was obtained on when and how the fruits had been harvested and handled. Timing of fruit harvest was based on experience, aided by indicators such as occurrence of first heavy rains, natural abscission, size and color changes. Harvesting by knocking down unripe fruits from trees was practiced throughout the␣season, but naturally abscised fruits were also gathered in December and January. Fruits harvested when mature but unripe required incubation in soil, plain and woven plastic bags or clay-pots. The incubation method changed and the duration of incubation decreased between October (3–4 days) and January (≤2 days). Fruit samples were evaluated for damage, color and soluble solids concentration (SSC). Fruit SSC and color lightness/brightness (L*) increased from 10.1 to 16.4% (P |
| تدمد: | 1572-9680 0167-4366 |
| DOI: | 10.1007/s10457-006-9004-y |
| URL الوصول: | https://explore.openaire.eu/search/publication?articleId=doi_________::494ab9cbe4bf21736501046da493afa3 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-006-9004-y |
| Rights: | CLOSED |
| رقم الانضمام: | edsair.doi...........494ab9cbe4bf21736501046da493afa3 |
| قاعدة البيانات: | OpenAIRE |
| تدمد: | 15729680 01674366 |
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| DOI: | 10.1007/s10457-006-9004-y |