The postharvest shelflife of Honey Dew melons (Orange Flesh), genotype 'AF-1749', was evaluated through visual, physical, and physical-chemical traits carried out at the Escola Superior de Agricultura de Mossoró, RN, Brazil. A 3 x 5 (temperature x time of storage) factorial scheme in a completely randomized design with five replications and two-fruits plots was utilized. Fruits were kept at 90±5% relative humidity and experimental temperatures of 5ºC, 7ºC and room temperature. Evaluations were done at 7-day intervals to determine flesh firmness, weight loss, external and internal appearances, soluble solids content, total titratable acidity and pH. Weight loss and pulp firmness were more accentuated at room temperature. The fruits stored under temperatures of 5ºC and 7ºC, maintained commercial quality up to 28 days. Storage temperature had no effect on the soluble solids content.
Cucumis melo L.; postharvest; quality
