Marrone del Mugello PGI: the Water Curing Process
Marrone del Mugello PGI (PGl=Protected Geographical Indication) is a quality trademark recognized by the European Community with regulation n. 1263/96 for fruits (fresh, dried or milled as flour) and obtained from European Chestnut Trees (Castanea sativa Mill.) growing in the Mugello area (Tuscany-Italy). The chestnut fruit has a particular chemical composition, very rich in carbohydrates and in starch, that decrease during the post harvest period. In the Mugello area (Tuscany-Italy) is diffused a traditional post-harvest methodology that belong to the past: the water curing, that extends the preservation of these fruits up to four months. In fact water curing was known in the past as novena which means that fresh chestnut fruits were kept for nine days in the water to extend their shelf life. The objective of this method is to reduce the development of fungi during the storage processes and at the same time to promote the death of worms living in the chestnut fruits. This paper reports some preliminary results of some tests carried out during this treatment to verify its ability to preserve the nutritional values of chestnut fruits. Effects of water curing on the fungi development were observed.
Castanea sativa Marrone del Mugello Ciboria batschiana shelf life water curing
C.Marinelli M.Migliorini L.Funghini T.Turchetti B.Zanoni S.Canuti
Florence Chamber of Commerces Chemical Laboratory Via Orcagna 70 50121 Florence Italy CNR-Institute for Plant Protection Via Madonna del Piano 10 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (FI) Italy Dept.of Agricultural Biotechnology University of Florence Via Donizetti 650144 Florence Italy
国际会议
第四届国际板栗大会(Proceedings of Fourth International Chestnut Symposium)
北京
英文
47-52
2008-09-25（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）