Description
Rocha pear sector deals with the difficult challenge posed by the European Union that bans the use of antioxidant "diphenylamine" (DPA). Without this antioxidant, Rocha pear (and some varieties of apples produced in Portugal) preservation during storage is reduced to three months, time when the symptoms of visual change of the fruits are more likely to occur.
The ReStoragePear project will develop alternative strategies on prevention and quality assurance during long-term storage and, above all, will develop prototypes with better formulations combined with existing storage conditions.
Main Local Researcher
Coordination
Coopval – Cooperativa Agrícola de Fruticultores do Cadaval
Partners
Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Universidade de Aveiro
Outputs
Natural-Based Antioxidant Extracts as Potential Mitigators of Fruit Browning
Dias, C; Fonseca, AMA; Amaro, AL; Vilas-Boas, AA; Oliveira, A; Santos, SAO; Silvestre, AJD; Rocha, SM; Isidoro, N; Pintado, MThe Impact of Plant-Based Coatings in ROCHA Pear Preservation during Cold Storage: A Metabolomic Approach
Fonseca, AMA; Dias, C; Amaro, AL; Isidoro, N; Pintado, M; Silvestre, AJD; Rocha, SMAqueous Solutions of Surface-Active Ionic Liquids: Remarkable Alternative Solvents To Improve the Solubility of Triterpenic Acids and Their Extraction from Biomass
de Faria, ELP; Shabudin, SV; Claudio, AFM; Valega, M; Domingues, FMJ; Freire, CSR; Silvestre, AJD; Freire, MGSponsors
