Qualidade pós-colheita de frutos de meloeiro submetido ao estresse hídrico.

Abstract

The objective was to evaluate the effects of the water stress in the soil on the postharvest characteristics of muskmelon fruits. The treatments had consisted of 4 laminas irrigation: 100% of the irrigation adopted for the company (standard lamina) and reduction of 15, 30 and 45% in relation to the standard lamina. The treatments had been applied until the 57 days after the plantation, occasion where, until the harvest, with water reduction, one same lamina in the experiment was applied all. To the 19 days the plantation had been after taken measured relative to the growth of the plants. To the end of the cycle, to the 63 days after the plantation, became it collection of fruits for the accomplishment of the postharvest analyses, to know: average fruit weight, bigger and lesser diameter fruit, flesh thickness, texture, total soluble solids, total titratable acidity, vitamin C and pH. The data had been submitted the variance analysis for F test, considering a completely randomized experimental design, with 4 treatments and 5 repetitions. The averages had been compared by the Tukey test to 5% of probability. Concluded that the reduction in the irrigation lamina didn't provoke negative effect on the analyzed variables.