Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus
Reducing post-harvest losses and increasing the shelf life of agricultural products leads to reduced production costs. Edible coatings are used to improve fruit quality and increase the shelf-life of horticultural commodities. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the possible effect of edible c...
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| author | Alireza Esmaeili Azam Jafari Ayoobali Ghasemi Jalal Gholamnejad |
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| description | Reducing post-harvest losses and increasing the shelf life of agricultural products leads to reduced production costs. Edible coatings are used to improve fruit quality and increase the shelf-life of horticultural commodities. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the possible effect of edible coatings, including tragacanth gum (TG), Eremurus extract (EE) and tragacanth+Eremurus at 0, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 g L−1, on the fruit quality of ‘Takdaneh Mashhad’ sweet cherry cultivar. Fruits were immersed in the treatment solutions for 3 min and air dried. Then after weighing and labeling, they were collected in fruit baskets and transferred to a cold storage at 0 ± 1°C and 85 to 90% relative humidity. These fruits were taken out of the cold storage at the beginning of the experiment and after 15, 30, and 45 days for measuring fruit weight loss, fruit firmness, soluble solids content (SSC), pH, titratable acidity, total phenolic content, polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity, vitamin C, fruit-edible quality, fruit color, and decay index. According to the results, fruits coated with 12.5 g L−1 TG and also 12.5 g L−1 EE coatings individually showed reduction in weight loss compared to the control treatment. These two treatments increased the qualitative appearance of the fruit such as fruit firmness, color and vitamin C compared to the control fruits. All coating treatments reduced decay index. The present study was the first study to investigate the effect of Eremurus alone or in combination with tragacanth gum on the physicochemical properties of sweet cherry fruit. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00319c3d26d54691906b756e8e1ef5a02022-12-22T01:10:30ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Fruit Science1553-83621553-86212022-12-0122137038210.1080/15538362.2022.2043221Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and EremurusAlireza Esmaeili0Azam Jafari1Ayoobali Ghasemi2Jalal Gholamnejad3Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, IranDepartment of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, IranIsfahan Agricultural and Natural Resources Research and Education Center. Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (Areeo), Isfahan, IranDepartment of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture & Natural Resources, Ardakan University, Ardakan, IranReducing post-harvest losses and increasing the shelf life of agricultural products leads to reduced production costs. Edible coatings are used to improve fruit quality and increase the shelf-life of horticultural commodities. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the possible effect of edible coatings, including tragacanth gum (TG), Eremurus extract (EE) and tragacanth+Eremurus at 0, 7.5, 10, and 12.5 g L−1, on the fruit quality of ‘Takdaneh Mashhad’ sweet cherry cultivar. Fruits were immersed in the treatment solutions for 3 min and air dried. Then after weighing and labeling, they were collected in fruit baskets and transferred to a cold storage at 0 ± 1°C and 85 to 90% relative humidity. These fruits were taken out of the cold storage at the beginning of the experiment and after 15, 30, and 45 days for measuring fruit weight loss, fruit firmness, soluble solids content (SSC), pH, titratable acidity, total phenolic content, polyphenol oxidase enzyme activity, vitamin C, fruit-edible quality, fruit color, and decay index. According to the results, fruits coated with 12.5 g L−1 TG and also 12.5 g L−1 EE coatings individually showed reduction in weight loss compared to the control treatment. These two treatments increased the qualitative appearance of the fruit such as fruit firmness, color and vitamin C compared to the control fruits. All coating treatments reduced decay index. The present study was the first study to investigate the effect of Eremurus alone or in combination with tragacanth gum on the physicochemical properties of sweet cherry fruit.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15538362.2022.2043221Astragalus spedible coatingPrunus avium‘Takdaneh Mashhad’weight loss |
| spellingShingle | Alireza Esmaeili Azam Jafari Ayoobali Ghasemi Jalal Gholamnejad Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus International Journal of Fruit Science Astragalus sp edible coating Prunus avium ‘Takdaneh Mashhad’ weight loss |
| title | Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus |
| title_full | Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus |
| title_fullStr | Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus |
| title_short | Improving Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry Fruit by Using Tragacanth and Eremurus |
| title_sort | improving postharvest quality of sweet cherry fruit by using tragacanth and eremurus |
| topic | Astragalus sp edible coating Prunus avium ‘Takdaneh Mashhad’ weight loss |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/15538362.2022.2043221 |
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