The objective of this paper was to carry out the physical and chemical characterization of mango Uba access in the Zona da Mata of Minas Gerais, to identify materials of industrial interest. Physiologically mature fruits were harvested and transported to the Laboratory of Analysis of Fruit of the UFV, where they were washed, treated with fungicide Prochloraz (Sportak 450 EC, Hoechst Schering AgrEvo UK Ltd., England) at a dose of 49.5g 100L-1 water, for 10 minutes and air dried. After that, they were treated with Ethephon 2-chloroethyl phosphonic acid (Ethrel 240g of ethephon L-1, Rhone-Poulenc Agro Brazil Ltda) at a concentration of 1g ai L-1 together with adhesive spread Adesil (760g ai L-1 Chemical and Pharmaceutical Nufarm SA) at a concentration of 20mL 100L-1 for 5 minutes and air dried. They were then stored at 20±1°C and relative humidity of 90% until ripening. The fruit also present best characteristics for the industrial processing requests are from 7, 11, 16, 17, 21, 26, 28, 47, 48, 53, 54 and 56. The fruit weight, firmness, soluble solids and ascorbic acid are the characteristics that had increased variability in access of Uba mango. The genetic variability of the Uba mango tree, in Viscount of Rio Branco, provides material for future breeding projects and deployment of germplasm collection.
Mangifera indica; fruit quality; physical and chemical composition
