IDENTIFICATION OF POST-HARVEST TECHNOLOGIES AND THEIR EFFECT ON LIFE USEFUL IN PASSIONFLOWER FRUITS.

Abstract

Passionflowers are part of a richness at an economic, nutritional and genetic, which have sedative, antispasmodic and antibacterial properties, and Colombia is a country with a diversity of these species. To guarantee the use of these fruits, through the objective of this study, the use of different post-harvest technologies and their effect are identified.on shelf life in fruits of the passionflower genus. This is an investigation of the type documentary in which secondary and tertiary sources were reviewed; a technological surveillance was applied as a methodological strategy and the Vantage Point software was used to organize the information. In addition, 37 publications worldwide on postharvest technologies applied to passionflower fruits were identified, determining the effects on the useful life of the fruits after the application of these technologies, among those found are packaging, chemical preservatives, coatings, systems of refrigeration, application of essential oils, hydrothermal treatments and management of ambient temperature, being the packaging technology the most studied, due to the low cost it takes to implement this technology in the industry. The main passionflower fruits studied were passion fruit, gulupa and granadilla. The results of the study allowed to know the main technologies used for the conservation of passionflowers, as well as the participation of Colombia in the issue of research, being below countries such as Brazil, Kenya, Japan and Spain.