The objective of this work was to increase post-harvest preservation of papaya fruit maintaining its quality with use of PVC film and refrigerated temperature. It was used papayas from the group Formosa, Tainung 01. The temperature of cooling used was 10 º C and relative humidity of 90%. The ambience temperature was 25 º C (+ / - 1) with relative humidity around 60%. The experimental design was randomized blocks. The lowest percentages of fresh mass loss were observed in the treatment with PVC at 10ºC. The refrigeration use at 10 ºC had higher firmness, lower levels of total soluble solids and growing increase of SST ATT-1 until the 6th day of storage, with next phase of stabilization. The storage of papaya Formosa under refrigeration associated with modified atmosphere with PVC film was more efficient in maintaining the quality of the fruit.
Carica papaya; modified atmosphere; storage
