Evaluación del comportamiento en poscosecha del apio (apium graveolens), con tres atmósferas modificadas y tres temperaturas de almacenamiento en la provincia de Cotopaxi, 2013
Celery (Apium graveolens) native to the Mediterranean has a high nutritional value, being rich in potassium. In Ecuador there are no specific data on celery cultivated area, but it is estimated that production of this crop in the Izamba in the province of Tungurahua over 12 acres, according to the T...
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2013
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Add Tag | Summary: | Celery (Apium graveolens) native to the Mediterranean has a high nutritional value, being rich in potassium. In Ecuador there are no specific data on celery cultivated area, but it is estimated that production of this crop in the Izamba in the province of Tungurahua over 12 acres, according to the Third National Agricultural Census in the year up 2000 without exact figures for Machachi in Pichincha, Cotopaxi and Panzaleo. The aim of this work is directed to reduce post-harvest losses ranging up to 30%, this problem occurs due to lack of good storage, traders said that the wholesale market Latacunga which is the main objective of this research. For this assay in the laboratory of the Academic Unit of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources (CAREN) in the property of the Technical University of Cotopaxi located in the Salache low, in the Province of Cotopaxi, which was evaluated was implemented three types of packages being rollopac tray, plastic cover normal zipper plastic bag and three storage temperatures: 4 ºC, 8 ºC, and environment, which interacted with three packages: rollopac tray, zipper plastic bag and case Normal plastic and placed between 90 and 100 grams of celery about each sample…. |
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