RESUMONeste trabalho, objetivou-se estudar o mercado de frutas na cidade de Lavras -MG. ABSTRACTThis paper aimed to study the fruit market in Lavras -MG. The data were monthly obtained in supermarkets and convenience stores using a questionary in two steps: the first one was from July/2002 to June/2003 and the second was applied from July/2004 to June/2005. The volume of commercialized fruits, prices, losses, origin and percapta consumption were investigated. The results showed an increment from 318,5 to 377,4 t/month, representing 17% between the first and second phase. Considering the fruits produced in Lavras the variation was from 3,07 to 4,30% . The losses ranged from 23,8 to 27,7 t/month and the percapta consumption from 3,98 to 4,68 Kg/habitant/month.

RESUMOA participação de Lavras na oferta de banana no mercado local é muito pequena, considerando-se que o Brasil é o segundo país maior produtor com 6,6 milhões de toneladas e Minas Gerais é o quarto entre os Estados produtores dessa fruta. Visando a quantificar a participação de Lavras e região na oferta de banana no mercado local, realizou-se esse trabalho em duas A banana 'Maçã' teve uma redução de 125,30 t para 107,47 t, correspondendo a 13,26%, sendo que a oferta dessa cultivar, originada de Lavras, manteve-se em 13,8%. As bananas 'Maçã' e 'Marmelo' apresentaram as menores perdas, 3,56% e 4,78% e as dos tipos 'Prata'e 'Nanicão'as maiores perdas, 9,39% e 10, 75%, respectivamente.Termos para indexação: Comercialização, procedência, perdas, Musa spp. ABSTRACTThe participation of Lavras in the banana production offered to the local commerce is still very low considering that Brazil is the second banana producer of the world, with a production around 6.6 ton/year and per-capita consumption of 24. .56% in the first phase and 14.6% in the second phase had the origin in Lavras. A 6% increase was verified from the first to the second phase. The per capita consumption was kept around 11.8 kg/year. The 'Prata' banana was the most commercialized in Lavras, representing 54.7% and 58.7%, in the first and second phase, respectively. In the first phase, 7.9% was from Lavras region and 18.3%, in the second phase. The amounts of 'Marmelo' banana and of 'Nanicão'-like were 1.91% and 28.40%, respectively. The 'Marmelo' banana produced in Lavras was kept around 84.00% in both phases, while the 'Nanicão'-like was 84.0% and 3.43% in the first and second phase, respectively. The 'Maçã' banana had a reduction of 125.30 to 107.47 ton correspondent to 13.26% and the participation of Lavras in its production was around 13.8%. The 'Maçã' and 'Marmelo' bananas presented the lowest losses, 3.56% and 4.78%, whereas those like 'Prata' and 'Nanicão' showed the highest losses, 9.39% and 10.75%, respectively.

Fruit growing has achieved advances through the use of new technologies generated by research. In Brazil, it is one of the most prominent sectors in agribusiness, achieving significant results and generating business opportunities. In this way, the fruit market has grown considerably in the last decades, both in quantity and in quality. Allied to this, the changes in consumer behavior regarding food consumption has been responsible for the increase of the fruit market. The objective of this work was to know the evolution of the fruit trade in the city of Lavras, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in relation to the quantity sold, monetary value, losses in the gondolas of retail establishments and per capita consumption of the population of this city.

The objective of this work was to study the effect of different planting densities on the development and production of "Roxo de Valinhos" green figs for industry, in the Campo das Vertentes-MG region. The experiment was installed at the Risoleta Neves Experimental Field-CERN/EPAMIG. The plants used were three years old and were arranged in three randomized blocks, subject to three different planting densities, with spacings ranging from 1 m (4000 plants•ha −1 ), 1.5 m (2666 plants•ha −1 ), and 2 m (2000 plants•ha −1 ) between plants in the planting line and 2.5 m between row for all planting densities. The average length of the branches (m), average number of fruits per branch, average number of fruits per plant, average weight of fruits, average yield per plant and the average yield per hectare (kg) were evaluated. It was verified that, there were no significant differences in the length of branch and in the average weight of fruit, in the three densities of fig tree planting. (4000 plants•ha −1 ), the average number of fruits per branch (7.5), per plant (55.87) and yield per plant (878.93 kg) were lower, however. The average yield per hectare (3515.73 kg) was higher than in other growing densities. It is concluded that, the higher density of plants (4000 plants•ha −1 ), provides the highest productivity per area, without damages to the quality of the fruits.

Fruit growing has achieved advances through the use of new technologies generated by research. In Brazil, it is one of the most prominent sectors in agribusiness, achieving significant results and generating business opportunities. In this way, the fruit market has grown considerably in the last decades, both in quantity and in quality. Allied to this, the changes in consumer behavior regarding food consumption have been responsible for the increase of the fruit market. The objective of this work was to know the evolution of the fruit trade in the city of Lavras, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil, in relation to the quantity sold, monetary value, losses in the gondolas of retail establishments and per capita consumption of the population of this city.

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Fruit rot, besides causing losses in production, reduces the final quality of the product interfering in the commercialization. The objective of this work was to evaluate the efficiency of alternative products applied to pre-harvest for control of brown rot (Monilinia fructicola) and soft rot (Rhizopus spp.) In peaches. The experiment was conducted in the municipality of Nepomuceno-MG, in a peach orchard of the cultivar Diamante. The experimental design was a randomized block design with 7 treatments and 3 replicates, with field plots formed by 12 plants (arranged in 3 rows), being considered for the evaluations only the two central plants. Three applications were made at flowering and at 21; 7 and 3 days before harvest, with solutions containing the following treatments: 1-Clove oil 0.1%; 2-silicate clay 1.5%; 3-Phosphite K 0.20%; 4-Benzalkonium chloride 0.25%; 5-Azoxystrobin 0.02%; 6-Iprodione 0.15%; 7-Witness (water only). Treatments 4 and 5 were applied only at 21 and 7 days before harvest. Ten fruits were selected and placed in sterile trays under uncontrolled conditions, with disease evaluations at 3 and 6 days after the beginning of storage in 2005 and at 3; 6 and 9 days in 2006. The iprodione controlled the incidence of M. fructicola and had no effect on Rhizopus spp. Clove oil controlled the incidence and severity of M. fructicola by the fifth day and Rhizopus spp. by the sixth day. The phosphites of k, benzalkonium chloride and azoxystrobin were efficient in controlling the incidence and severity of Rhizopus spp. and had no effect on M. fructicola.

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