Development strategies in preventing superficial scald and internal browning in Rocha pear and quality assurance in long-term storage
| funding type | Industry National |
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acronym/ reference |
RESTORAGEPEAR |
| alternative reference | POCI-01-0247-FEDER-017777 |
| research group(s) |
4 - biorefineries, biobased materials and recycling; |
| department | Chemistry (DQ) |
| execution dates | 2016-12-01 - 2019-11-30 ( 36 Months ) |
| project extension date | 2020-08-31 ( 9 Extra months ) |
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abstract/ keywords |
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. |
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coordinator /local pi |
Armando Jorge Domingues Silvestre |
| ciceco status | Partner |
| proponent institution | Coopval – Cooperativa Agrícola de Fruticultores do Cadaval |
| partner institution(s) | Universidade Católica Portuguesa; Universidade de Aveiro |
| industrial partner(s) | yes |
| international partner(s) | no |
| total budget | 572.728€ |
| ciceco budget | 147.145€ |
| project code | 3.89.240 |
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