Post-harvest Quality of Table Grapes Marketed in the Municipality of Areia in the State of Paraíba

Abstract

The semi-arid region of Paraíba is known for the expansion of cultivated areas and agricultural produce, and the high yields and the quality of grapes. The objective of this work was to evaluate the quality table grapes for classification purposes according to the physical and physicochemical characteristics marketed in a local fair in the city of Areia - PB. The work was developed at the Laboratory of Technology of Agricultural Products (LPTA), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), Center of Agricultural Sciences (CCA), Campus II, Areia-PB. Table grapes were purchased at the free fair in the municipality of Areia. Two clusters were selected and analyzed according to the Standardization Primer and Classification of the Brazilian Program for Modernization of Horticulture, identifying the group, subgroup, class, subclass, category and the presence of defects (severe or mild). According to the evaluations carried out from the standardization primer, the fruits were slightly damage and/but not changing in their post-harvest quality. The fruits were classified according to commercial standards and suitable for human consumption.

The Sisal Virome: Uncovering the Viral Diversity of Agave Varieties Reveals New and Organ-Specific Viruses

“…Other two species ( Sisal-associated Botourmiavirus A and Sisal-associated Botourmiavirus B ) share similarities with the oomycete-infecting viral species, Plasmopara viticola associated ourmia-like virus 29 and Plasmopara viticola associated ourmia-like virus 6 , respectively, both of which were described by Chiapello et al (2020) [ 85 ]. Since the production of grapes in the state of Paraíba [ 86 ] and the caatinga biome [ 87 ] is limited, with a local study by Medeiros et al (2017) [ 88 ] considering the climate conditions unsuitable for the cultivation of vines, the similarity of some of our new viral species to grapevine-infecting viruses suggests that these species have a broader host range than just the species from which they were originally isolated.…”