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      Drying time and post-harvest quality of onion bulbs submitted to artificial curing Translated title: Tempo de secagem e qualidade pós-colheita de bulbos de cebola submetidos à cura artificial

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          ABSTRACT After harvest, onion bulbs are submitted to curing, whose objective is to provide loss of moisture in leaves and drying of outer layers (peel) of bulbs, reaching attractive external coloration and reduction in the intensity of rottenness. The objective of this study was to use an air treatment unit (ATU) - known as heat pump - as an alternative drying method, and to evaluate drying time and preservation of the chemical and physical characteristics. The experiment was carried out in a complete random design with ten replicates and three treatments, which were the following: T1- (control) natural curing in shed; (2) T2- (aeration with air artificially heated by propane burning); and (3) T3- (aeration with artificially dehydrated and heated air using ATU). Curing completion time, relative water content (RWC) of the skin and inner layers, pulp color and skin coloring, total titratable acidity (TTA), total soluble solids (TSS), visual index of dormancy breaking (VID), and fresh weight loss (FWL) were evaluated in this study. No significant difference (p < 0.05) were found for TTA, TSS, VID, FWL, and pulp color among treatments. It can be concluded that T3 promoted a faster curing (12 hours) of bulbs, which provided bulbs with drier skin and intense yellow color.

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          RESUMO Após a colheita da cebola, realiza-se a cura cuja finalidade é proporcionar a perda da umidade das folhas e secagem das películas externas (casca) dos bulbos, alcançando coloração externa atrativa e redução da intensidade de podridões. Objetivou-se com este trabalho utilizar uma unidade de tratamento de ar (UTA), conhecida como bomba de calor, como método alternativo de secagem e avaliar o tempo de secagem e a preservação das características químicas e físicas dos bulbos de cebola após a cura. O experimento foi conduzido no delineamento inteiramente casualizado com dez repetições e três tratamentos que consistiram em: T1- (Testemunha) cura natural realizada em galpão. T2- (aeração com ar aquecido artificialmente pela queima de propano) e T3- (aeração com ar aquecido e desidratado artificialmente por meio da UTA). Avaliou-se o tempo de finalização da cura, teor relativo de água (TRA) da casca e películas internas, coloração da casca e polpa, acidez total titulável (ATT), sólidos solúveis totais (SST), índice visual de superação da dormência (IVD) e perda de massa fresca (PMF). Não houve diferença significativa (p < 0,05) para a ATT, SST, IVD, PMF e coloração da polpa entre os tratamentos estudados. Conclui-se que o T3 permitiu a cura dos bulbos de forma mais rápida (12 horas), proporcionando bulbos com casca mais seca e coloração amarelo intenso.

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                rceres
                Revista Ceres
                Rev. Ceres
                Universidade Federal de Viçosa (Viçosa, MG, Brazil )
                0034-737X
                2177-3491
                December 2016
                : 63
                : 6
                : 822-828
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                [1] Viçosa Minas Gerais orgnameUniversidade Federal de Viçosa orgdiv1Departamento de Fitotecnia Brazil deise1pimentelyahoo.com.br, ariana.motaufv.br, tdcorreia1yahoo.com.br, ffinger@ 123456ufv.br
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                S0034-737X2016000600822
                10.1590/0034-737x201663060011
                cb8ef580-4c4b-451c-b2f8-192e880a4b56

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                : 19 January 2015
                : 05 August 2016
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