The fruits of the Stenocereus pruinosus and Stenocereus stellatus genders offer an agricultural option to the people of this region. They are popularly know by the name of “sweet xoconostle” and “may pitaya” and outside their production region they are considered as exotic. This in Puebla and Oaxaca, its high...
The pitaya (Stenocereus pruinosus) and sweet xoconostle (Stenocereus stellatus) are endemic fruits of Mexico with local distribution, due to their perishability and microbial decay. Therefore the objective of this work was the evaluation of biopolymer coatings for extending postharvest life and microbial inhibition. Chitosan (Q) was obtained by thermochemical heterogeneous...
