Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action
The inhibition of ethylene action by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf and storage life of many climacteric fruits. However, 1-MCP appears to have limited effects on stone fruit depending on specie and cultivar. The effects of 1-MCP on ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums were...
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2003-10-01
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| author | Luiz Carlos Argenta Juliana Golin Krammes Clarice Aparecida Megguer Cassandro Vidal Talamini Amarante James Mattheis |
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| description | The inhibition of ethylene action by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf and storage life of many climacteric fruits. However, 1-MCP appears to have limited effects on stone fruit depending on specie and cultivar. The effects of 1-MCP on ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums were determined during ripening at 23ºC following harvest and cold storage. Japanese plums (Prunus salicina, cv. Laetitia) were harvested at mature pre-climacteric stage, cooled to 2ºC within 36 hours of harvest and then treated with 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.50 or 1.00 muL L-1 of 1-MCP at 1°C for 24 hours. Following treatment, fruits were either held at 23ºC for 16 days or stored at 1ºC for 50 days. Fruits were removed from cold storage at 10-day intervals and allowed to ripe at 23°C for five days. A delay of climacteric respiration and ethylene production by 1-MCP treatment during ripening following harvest and cold storage was associated to a slow rate of fruit softening. 1-MCP treatment also delayed the loss of titratable acidity and changes of flesh and skin color, whereas it had little or no effect on soluble solids content. 1-MCP effects were concentration- and storage duration-dependent and, generally, a saturation fruit response to 1-MCP occurred between 0.5 and 1.0 muL L-1. During ripening, 1-MCP treated fruits attained quality similar to that of controls. Results indicated that 1-MCP treatment may extend shelf life (23ºC) and storage life (1ºC) of 'Laetitia' plums by approximately six and 20 days, respectively. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e3abf3fa967d4f32b0733326dc240e352022-12-22T04:16:05ZengEmbrapa Informação TecnológicaPesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira1678-39212003-10-0138101139114810.1590/S0100-204X2003001000002Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene actionLuiz Carlos Argenta0Juliana Golin Krammes1Clarice Aparecida Megguer2Cassandro Vidal Talamini Amarante3James Mattheis4Empresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa CatarinaEmpresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa CatarinaEmpresa de Pesquisa Agropecuária e Extensão Rural de Santa CatarinaUniversidade do Estado de Santa CatarinaUnited States Department of AgricultureThe inhibition of ethylene action by 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) extends shelf and storage life of many climacteric fruits. However, 1-MCP appears to have limited effects on stone fruit depending on specie and cultivar. The effects of 1-MCP on ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums were determined during ripening at 23ºC following harvest and cold storage. Japanese plums (Prunus salicina, cv. Laetitia) were harvested at mature pre-climacteric stage, cooled to 2ºC within 36 hours of harvest and then treated with 0, 0.05, 0.10, 0.50 or 1.00 muL L-1 of 1-MCP at 1°C for 24 hours. Following treatment, fruits were either held at 23ºC for 16 days or stored at 1ºC for 50 days. Fruits were removed from cold storage at 10-day intervals and allowed to ripe at 23°C for five days. A delay of climacteric respiration and ethylene production by 1-MCP treatment during ripening following harvest and cold storage was associated to a slow rate of fruit softening. 1-MCP treatment also delayed the loss of titratable acidity and changes of flesh and skin color, whereas it had little or no effect on soluble solids content. 1-MCP effects were concentration- and storage duration-dependent and, generally, a saturation fruit response to 1-MCP occurred between 0.5 and 1.0 muL L-1. During ripening, 1-MCP treated fruits attained quality similar to that of controls. Results indicated that 1-MCP treatment may extend shelf life (23ºC) and storage life (1ºC) of 'Laetitia' plums by approximately six and 20 days, respectively.http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2003001000002&tlng=enPrunus salicinafruit pulpsfirmnessshelf lifefruitcolour |
| spellingShingle | Luiz Carlos Argenta Juliana Golin Krammes Clarice Aparecida Megguer Cassandro Vidal Talamini Amarante James Mattheis Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira Prunus salicina fruit pulps firmness shelf life fruit colour |
| title | Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| title_full | Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| title_fullStr | Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| title_full_unstemmed | Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| title_short | Ripening and quality of 'Laetitia' plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| title_sort | ripening and quality of laetitia plums following harvest and cold storage as affected by inhibition of ethylene action |
| topic | Prunus salicina fruit pulps firmness shelf life fruit colour |
| url | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-204X2003001000002&tlng=en |
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