Development of a diagrammatic scale for the evaluation of postharvest physiological deterioration in cassava roots

Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira

Marcela Tonini Venturini¹  Leandro Ribeiro Dos Santos¹  Eder Jorge De Oliveira¹ 

关键词: Manihot esculenta;    physiological processes;    shelf life;    subsistence crop;    tolerance;    Manihot esculenta;    processos fisiológicos;    vida de prateleira;    culturas de subsistência;    tolerância;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S0100-204X2015000800004

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

Abstract:The objective of this work was to develop a scale to assess the severity of postharvest physiological deterioration (PPD) of cassava roots, and to validate this scale for accuracy and reproducibility estimates. A diagrammatic scale (0 to 100%) for the damaged roots was analyzed according to precision, accuracy, and reproducibility. Seven evaluators (four with experience and three without it) quantified the PPD severity, with or without the scale, considering 150 roots with different levels of PPD. Without and with the use of the scale, respectively, the inexperienced evaluators obtained coefficients of determination (R2) from 0.76 to 0.86 and 0.87 to 0.92, and the experienced evaluators obtained R2 from 0.90 to 0.96 and 0.96 to 0.97. The values of the intercept (a) obtained by both the experienced and inexperienced evaluators who did not use the scale were all significant, while after using the scale, only two evaluators got values that were not significantly different from one. Evaluation reproducibility between the evaluators ranged from 0.61 to 0.91 for the inexperienced ones and from 0.83 to 0.95 for the experienced ones. The proposed diagrammatic scale was considered appropriate to estimate the severity of PPD in cassava roots, and can be used to identify sources of tolerance to postharvest deterioration.

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