The aim of this work was to evaluate the fruits quality characteristics in the systems of Fruit integrated production (FIP) and conventional production (CP) in peach tree orchard of Eldorado peach, in the town of Candiota, RS. The production systems were characterized in the following way: CP, FIP and FIP-raffia. In CP, the handling and conventional practices used by the producer prevailed. In FIP the handling practices were of agreement the Norms for Integrated Production Peach, yet in FIP-raffia, the deferential was to the implantation of a raffia plastic blanket under tree canopy. The experimental design was in casualized blocks, with four replicates and the averages were submitted to 5% Duncan test. The appraised variables were: epidermis coloration, total soluble solids (TSS), total tritratable acidity (TTA), relationship with TSS/TTA and pulp firmness. The results showed that the use of raffia plastic under the tree canopy, intensified the red coloration in the epidermis of Eldorado peach, and didn’t interfere in the fruits chemical qualities.
Prunus pesica; CIEL*a*b *; fruit quality
