Postharvest quality of 'Tainung 01' papaya Formosa traded in different types of establishments/Qualidade pos-colheita do mamao Formosa 'Tainung 01' comercializado em diferentes estabelecimentos no municipio de Mossoro-RN

The objective of this study was to characterize and evaluate the post harvest quality of cv. Tainung 01 papaya Formosa, traded in different types of establishments in Mossoro city, RN. The fruits were collected in three types of establishments. The days of the collections were the blocks and the local marketing the treatments. There was a high incidence of spots, insults, deformation and decay that undertook the external appearance of fruits. The external appearance did not compromise the quality of physical chemistry papaya regardless of the type of the establishment. Index terms: Carica papaya, postharvest, phytopathogen. O objetivo deste trabalho foi caracterizar e avaliar a qualidade pos-colheita do mamao Formosa cv. Tainung 01, comercializado em diferentes tipos de estabelecimento do municipio de Mossoro-RN. Os frutos foram coletados em tres tipos de estabelecimentos comerciais. Os dias das coletas foram considerados como blocos e os locais de comercializacao, como tratamentos. Houve grande incidencia de manchas, injurias, deformacoes e podridoes que comprometeram a aparencia externa dos frutos. A aparencia externa nao comprometeu a qualidade fisica e quimica do mamao, independentemente do tipo de estabelecimento. Termos para indexacao: Carica papaya, pos-colheita, fitopatogenos.