Miréia Aparecida Bezerra Pereira

Adaptabilidade e estabilidade produtiva de genótipos de tomateiro em condições de temperatura elevada

The objective of this work was to evaluate the adaptability and stability of 15 tomato genotypes in the area of Gurupi, Tocantins. The experiments were carried out in two environments [greenhouse: in the summer (December to March) and in open field: winter (June to September)], with 15 experimental tomato genotypes, being: four of the type long shelf life commercial ripening mutants and pre-commercial (rin): Tyler, Rebeca, Carmem and AF 13527; nine of the type long shelf life structural commercials and pre-commercial: Lumi, Debora Max, Michelli, Tammy, AF 12525, AF 11097, AF 13363, AF 13364 and AF 13525; and two of normal fruits: Santa Clara and Drica, in randomized block design with three repetitions. The long life genotypes e Tyler, Rebeca, AF 13364, AF 13525, AF 13527 it were classified as of stability and wide adaptability and wide adaptability for yield. For the average weight of commercial fruits, the genotypes Tyler, Michelli and AF 11097 presented wide adaptability to the evaluated environments.

POSTHARVEST CONSERVATION OF STRUCTURAL LONG SHELF LIFE TOMATO FRUITS AND WITH THE MUTANT RIN PRODUCED, IN EDAPHOCLIMATIC CONDITIONS OF THE SOUTHERN STATE OF TOCANTINS

The high temperature of growth environment can affect the postharvest quality of tomato fruits. In this situation, an alternative for the farmers is the use of hybrid cultivars that produce long shelf life fruit with longer postharvest shelf life when compared to normal varieties of fruits. The objective of this research was to compare the postharvest conservation of fruits of structural long shelf life tomato hybrids and with the mutant rin. The fruits evaluated were from fifteen tomato genotypes produced under the edaphoclimatic conditions of the southern State of Tocantins, being four of them long shelf life type hybrids (with rin allele) which were: Tyler, Rebeca, Carmem and AF 13527; nine of them structural long shelf life hybrids: Lumi, Debora Max, Michelli, Tammy, AF 12525, AF 11097, AF 13363, AF 13364 and AF 13525; and two normal fruit cultivars: Santa Clara and Drica. The fruits were harvested at the breaker stage and stored in a controlled environment (20 °C and relative humidity of 60%). The half-life firmness of fruits of genotypes with a structural genotypic long shelf life background ranged from 6.25 to 13.44 days for the genotypes Tammy and AF13525, respectively, not differing from the long shelf life genotypes with rin allele. Despite the fact that daytime temperatures are higher than those recommended for the tomatoes crops, it was observed that if the fruits are stored in appropriate conditions (20 °C and relative humidity of 60%), the color and firmness of the fruits with a long shelf life genotypes with rin allele and structural genotypic background evolve more slowly than the fruits of normal genotypes. Under these conditions, it took the fruits 7 to 8 days to acquire a red color on more than 80% of the surface after being harvested.