Abstract

AULAR, Jesús  and  RODRIGUEZ, Yecenia. Características físicas y químicas, y prueba de preferencia de tres tipos de mangos criollos venezolanos . Bioagro [online]. 2005, vol.17, n.3, pp.171-176. ISSN 1316-3361.

ABSTRACT  Physical and chemical parameters, and preference tests of three Venezuelan native mangos      In Venezuela, during the last three decades the native mangos have been used as rootstocks. Recently, the interest has increased for devoting the fruits of these plants, to fresh or processed consumption; however, little information of these materials exists. An experiment was conducted with the objective of characterizing physical and chemically the fruit and the edible part of Bocado Comun, Bocado Jobo and Hilacha mangos; and to evaluate the consumer's preference for the pulp of them. A total of 480 fruits were collected in physiologic maturity and allowed to ripen for three days in natural ambient condition (26 ±3 °C; 65 ± 5% RH) before beginning the fruit analysis and the preference test. There were significant differences for the fresh mass of the fruit, percentage of shell, seed, and pulp. Total soluble solids (TSS), total acidity (TA) and the ratio TSS/TA for the three evaluated materials. The mango Bocado Jobo produced the largest total fresh mass, pulp yield, and TSS/TA. There was not difference in the level of preference of the pulp among the mangos, showing that the evaluation of this characteristic did not reflect the differences detected in the chemicals variables.

Keywords : Fruit quality; Mangifera indica; acceptability.