Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIII, Issue 1
Written by Adrian CHIRA, Lenuța CHIRA, Elena DELIAN, Elena SĂVULESCU, Ligia ION, Mariana TOMA, Ionuț ȚABĂRĂ
The consumption of fresh tomatoes, both in Romania and worldwide, has an important place as far as the vegetable category is concerned. This paper presents the results of the studies carried out for the technological and economic characterization of the 'Moneymaker’ tomato in the marketing process in fresh state. The duration of maintaining the quality depends on the ripening stage at harvesting and on the temperature level during storage. The limit period for fresh fruits marketing is 7-9 days at a temperature of 23-24 0C and of 18-22 days at a temperature of 7-100C. It was also ascertained that over 97% of the output of the 'Moneymaker’ tomato corresponds to the specific quality standard. The fruits harvested in greenhouse or solarium have a homogenous structure by quality categories, the value of quality category coefficient (Q) having values between 2.64 and 2.60.
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