A coating of chitosan and propolis extract for the postharvest treatment of papaya (Carica papaya L. cv. Hawaiiana)

Propolis is a natural antimicrobial that can be used asa bioadditive in coatings to control fruit quality losses. The effectof two coatings was evaluated, a control (chitosan, 1%) and atreatment (chitosan, 1%; containing propolisethanolic extract, 5%),on the microbiological and physicochemical prope...