ABSTRACT
The Amazon is the largest tropical rainforest in the world, with an approximate area of 5.5 million square kilometers. Most of the fruit tree species in the Amazon Forest are not domesticated or are in the process of domestication. Physiological disorders are abnormal non-pathological changes in plant tissues expressed in response to the interaction between genotype and environment. The physiological disorders are observed during the storage of fruit and vegetables, usually under stressful conditions of refrigeration and/or controlled atmosphere and modified atmosphere packaging (MAP). The development of physiological disorders in Amazon fruit due to low storage temperatures is possibly related to the fact that Amazon fruit are mostly tropical species and susceptible to chilling injury (CI). The symptoms of physiological disorders caused by low storage temperatures vary widely according to the fruit genotype. Scientific information on the postharvest behavior of native fruit of the Amazon region is relatively scarce.
