Brazil is one of the world s largest producers of yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis), that are mainly consumed fresh or used to produce juice. Studies indicate the use of yellow passion fruit skin in jam, sweets, cereal bars, cereals, and cookies especially due to its soluble and insoluble fiber content. Other studies have shown that yellow passion fruit skin contains cyanogenic compounds that may prooke intoxication when ingested above the threshold dose. The present work aim to assess the effects of different drying temperatures on the physical and chemical properties and total content of cyanogenic compounds in yellow passion fruit skin. The fruits were purchased at Goiania´s market and their characterization included visual evaluation of the color, average weight and proportion skin:pulp. The skin was sanitized, triturated, dried at 30°C or 45°C or 60°C to produce flour, in three repetitions for each temperature. The flour obtained at each drying temperature, and a commercial brand of yellow passion fruit flour were analyzed as to moisture, water activity, pH, titratable acidity, and total content of cyanogenic compounds. Yellow skins presenting small green spots characterize ripening stage 6 and were observed in 35.00% of the fruits. Average fruit weight was 142.06±31.95 g, 56.51±11.92% corresponded to the skin and 42.88±11.86% to the pulp with seeds. The increase in temperature caused significant decrease in moisture, equilibrium moisture, and water activity. Titratable acidity and pH results did not show any trends in relation to temperature variation. Taking into consideration the results of the dry products, drying treatments at 30°C, 45°C, and 60°C reduced total content of cyanogenic compounds by 84.98%, 85.75%, and 95.41%, respectively. Yellow passion fruit flour dried at 60°C presented 51.39% less cyanogenic compounds than the commercial brand. All drying temperatures caused alterations in the physical and chemical properties of the final product, but the treatment at 60ºC provoked the highest reduction in total content of cyanogenic compounds.

With the advancement of agricultural frontiers in Brazil, it is common to occur the passion fruit orchards coexistence with other crops that act as hosts of disease vectors. The aim of this study was to report the introduction of the passion fruit woodiness disease (Cowpea aphid-borne mosaic virus - CABMV) in Jataí – GO, as well as to describe the symptoms in leaves and fruits, besides to evaluate the fruit production and quality of passion fruit with and without the virus. A report of the passion fruit woodiness disease in Jataí was presented, detailing the occurrence and presenting the main symptoms. In order to determine the influence of passion fruit woodiness disease on fruit quality, the physical and chemical characteristics of fruit and pulp of a genotype of sour passion fruit and a commercial cultivar of sour passion fruit (FB 200) were evaluated. The experimental design was randomized blocks with five replications. The fruits were harvested in two crop seasons, one with and other without the virus, and evaluated for physical and chemical characteristics. The results were submitted to analysis of variance and correlation. Serological analysis confirmed that 100% of the plants were infected with CABMV. The passion fruit woodiness disease affects directly the fruit quality.

Considerando-se a inexistência de indicativos de tolerância do maracujazeiro (Passiflora edulis) à salinidade, estudaram-se, no delineamento inteiramente casualizado, os efeitos de oito níveis de condutividade elétrica da água de irrigação (CEa), variando de 1,0 a 8,0 dS m-1,sobre o vigor e a formação de mudas de maracujazeiro amarelo. A salinidade retardou a germinação, mas só houve decréscimo relativo com CEa >; 4,43 dS m-1; o vigor de plântulas e o crescimento foram afetados com a salinidade, todavia, água de CE de 4 dS m-1 proporcionou 85% de vigor e mudas com crescimento superior a 50% em relação ao menor nível estudado. Com base na salinidade do solo, o maracujá amarelo pode ser considerado 'moderadamente tolerante' na fase de muda.

Recently, studies on the by-products from the food industry, such as passion fruit seeds, have significantly increased, as these can have an added value, due to their properties, such as potential antioxidant activity. This study was conducted to determine the presence of piceatannol and resveratrol in various extracts of passion fruit (Passiflora edulis) seeds from Madeira Island and a commercial passion fruit oil was used as reference. The commercial oil and the extracts that were obtained by traditional Soxhlet method with ethanol and acetone did not reveal the presence of the two stilbenes, piceatannol and resveratrol. However, the extracts that were obtained by the ultrasound method showed significant amounts of piceatannol and resveratrol when compared with the commercial oil. The presence of these compounds indicates that this oil could have potential application in cosmetic and pharmaceutical industries, due to their proven antioxidant and anti-aging properties.