Abstract:O Brasil está entre os principais países produtores e exportadores de mamão (Carica papaya Linnaeus). O mamão é um dos frutos mais importantes na economia e alimentação brasileira, com inúmeras possibilidades industriais e de aplicações nutricionais, farmacológicas e medicinais. Contudo, sua produção no país apresenta aspectos particulares, os quais influenciam as pesquisas científicas sobre o fruto, bem como o mercado consumidor nacional e mundial. Este estudo consiste de uma revisão bibliográfica sobre aspec… Show more
“…Its highest production occurs in tropical and subtropical regions, with Central and South America accounting for 47% of fruit production, produced all year round, with high availability in the market (Santana et al, 2019). In this scenario, Brazil occupies the third position in terms of world papaya production, whose production is over 1 million tons, which corresponds to 8.4% of the total world production, only behind India and the Dominican Republic, respectively (Serafini et al, 2021).…”
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“…Its highest production occurs in tropical and subtropical regions, with Central and South America accounting for 47% of fruit production, produced all year round, with high availability in the market (Santana et al, 2019). In this scenario, Brazil occupies the third position in terms of world papaya production, whose production is over 1 million tons, which corresponds to 8.4% of the total world production, only behind India and the Dominican Republic, respectively (Serafini et al, 2021).…”
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, as long as the original work is properly cited.
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