Effects of Valencia �??Late�?? orange (Citrus sinensis L.) harvesting season on citrus industrial manufacture in three edaphoclimatic regions of Cuba
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Abstract
fruit from ten citrus enterprises located in three edaphoclimatic
regions of Cuba during 2000, 2001 and 2002, supplying frozen
concentrated orange juice to different processing plants: Pinar
del Río, Ceballos and Contramestre. The potential yield
behavior of citrus fruit supplied to processing was evaluated.
The lowest values were obtained in the eastern enterprises of
Contramaestre, so that less fruit volumes are required to produce
one ton of frozen concentrated orange juice. This industrial
plant maintained the best efficiency of the system in terms
of potential yield compared with the rest evaluated. These
results showed the highest values of TSS were recorded in the
eastern region, so that 91.6 % of citrus fruit reached average
values between 11.3 and 15.57 oBx; 100 % fruit reached over
51.6 % juice content. The quality variables of citrus fruit
associated to industrial yield, total soluble solids and juice
content showed a sustained rise in February and March,
causing an important effect on the picking date of Valencia
�??Late�?? orange during the three years evaluated.
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