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Influence of hydrothermal treatments on papaya fruit (Carica papaya L.).
Four postharvest hydrothermal treatments were applied on papaya fruit
(Carica papaya L.) ?Golden? and the stress stimulated by the treatments was monitored
by the ethylene (C2H4), carbon dioxide (CO2) emission rates and fruit quality. The
postharvest hydrothermal treatments consisted of submerging alternately the fruit
into two water baths, the first one with water at a temperature of 49?C and the second
at 12?C. An increase in the emission rates of both gaseous species (C2H4 and CO2) was
observed as a response to the stress. Typical quality parameters as pulp firmness, pH,
titratable acidity and total soluble solids were simultaneously determined and
correlated with the gases emitted from the fruits