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Article

Formulation of a Commercial Quality Index for Avocado Produced in an Inter-Andean Valley

by
John Peter Aguirre-Landa
1,*,
Henrry Wilfredo Agreda-Cerna
1,
David Quispe-Choque
2,3,4,5,
Alfredo Prado-Canchari
1 and
Liliana Rodriguez Cardenas
3
1
Department of Business Administration, José María Arguedas National University, Andahuaylas 03701, Peru
2
Department of Agroindustrial Engineering, José María Arguedas National University, Andahuaylas 03701, Peru
3
Water and Food Treatment Materials Research Laboratory, José María Arguedas National University, Andahuaylas 03701, Peru
4
Research Group in the Development of Advanced Materials for Water and Food Treatment, José María Arguedas National University, Andahuaylas 03701, Peru
5
Nutraceuticals and Biopolymers Research Group, José María Arguedas National University, Andahuaylas 03701, Peru
*
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Horticulturae 2024, 10(8), 783; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080783
Submission received: 26 June 2024 / Revised: 21 July 2024 / Accepted: 21 July 2024 / Published: 25 July 2024
(This article belongs to the Section Fruit Production Systems)
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Abstract

This study aimed to formulate a commercial quality index (CQI) for avocados (Persea americana Mill) produced in an inter-Andean valley in southern Peru. Thirty-eight commercial quality parameters of Hass and Fuerte avocados were evaluated under the marketing and export protocols approved in the Codex Alimentarius CXS 197-1995 issued by FAO and the Peruvian technical standard NTP 011.018. The index was formulated using information gathered from 44 experts in the Apurimac region. To weight the commercial quality parameters, the Delphi method was used, with the cooperation of expert producers and marketers, from which a weighted equation was formulated for the commercial quality index of Hass (CQIh) and Fuerte (CQIf) avocados. Fifteen parameters of interest were found for the formulation of the quality indexes for both varieties, which reported more than 50% coincidence among experts, based on physical and sensory evaluation. The CQI proposal would be a tool to help improve the quality attributes of avocado growers.
Keywords: avocado; commercial quality index; Hass; Fuerte avocado; commercial quality index; Hass; Fuerte

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Aguirre-Landa, J.P.; Agreda-Cerna, H.W.; Quispe-Choque, D.; Prado-Canchari, A.; Rodriguez Cardenas, L. Formulation of a Commercial Quality Index for Avocado Produced in an Inter-Andean Valley. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080783

AMA Style

Aguirre-Landa JP, Agreda-Cerna HW, Quispe-Choque D, Prado-Canchari A, Rodriguez Cardenas L. Formulation of a Commercial Quality Index for Avocado Produced in an Inter-Andean Valley. Horticulturae. 2024; 10(8):783. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080783

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Aguirre-Landa, John Peter, Henrry Wilfredo Agreda-Cerna, David Quispe-Choque, Alfredo Prado-Canchari, and Liliana Rodriguez Cardenas. 2024. "Formulation of a Commercial Quality Index for Avocado Produced in an Inter-Andean Valley" Horticulturae 10, no. 8: 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080783

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Aguirre-Landa, J. P., Agreda-Cerna, H. W., Quispe-Choque, D., Prado-Canchari, A., & Rodriguez Cardenas, L. (2024). Formulation of a Commercial Quality Index for Avocado Produced in an Inter-Andean Valley. Horticulturae, 10(8), 783. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10080783

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