Postharvest quality and chilling injury of plums: benefits of 1-methylcyclopropene
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The aim of this work was to evaluate the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatment on the development of chilling injury (CI) symptoms in four plum cultivars and to determine the relationship between the climacteric behavior of the cultivar and its sensitivity to this disorder. Significant differences in ripening pattern were found between the cultivars after long-term storage. Among the climacteric cultivars, ‘Royal Zee’ plums showed a higher ethylene production rate than ‘Linda Rosa and ‘Friar’ cultivars. On the other hand, the ‘Angeleno’ cultivar behaved as a suppressed climacteric type. The development of translucency symptoms was higher in ‘Royal Zee’ than in ‘Linda Rosa’ and ‘Friar’ plums, and was almost absent in the suppressed climacteric cultivar. 1-MCP treatment significantly reduced ethylene production and the percentage of fruit affected by translucency in all climacteric cultivars. This treatment also delayed the ripening of the fruit during shelf life. In contrast, 1-MCP treatment did not affect the quality of ‘Angeleno’ plums. Collectively these results suggest that the development of chilling injury in plums is related to the climacteric behavior of the cultivar and demonstrated the beneficial effects of 1-MCP maintaining plum quality during storage. Additional key words: cold storage; ethylene production; firmness; Prunus salicina; ripening pattern; translucency Resumen La calidad postcosecha y los daños por frío en ciruelas: beneficios del 1-metilciclopropeno El objetivo de este trabajo fue evaluar el efecto del tratamiento con 1-metilciclopropeno (1-MCP) sobre el desarrollo de los síntomas de daños por frío (DF) en cuatro cultivares de ciruela y determinar la relación entre el patrón de maduración de los cultivares y su sensibilidad a este desorden. Se encontraron diferencias significativas en el patrón de maduración de los cultivares después de un almacenamiento a largo plazo. Entre los cultivares climatéricos, ‘Royal Zee’ mostró una tasa de producción de etileno superior a la de los cultivares ‘Linda Rosa’ y ‘Friar’. Por otra parte, el cultivar ‘Angeleno’ presentó un comportamiento climatérico suprimido. El desarrollo de síntomas de transparencia fue mayor en ‘Royal Zee’ que en ‘Linda Rosa’ y ‘Friar’, y casi ausente en el cultivar climatérico suprimido. El tratamiento con 1-MCP redujo significativamente la producción de etileno y el porcentaje de frutos afectados por la transparencia en todos los cultivares climatéricos. Este tratamiento también retrasó la maduración de la fruta durante la vida en estante. En cambio, el tratamiento 1-MCP no afectó a la calidad de ciruelas ‘Angeleno’. En conjunto, estos resultados sugieren que el desarrollo de DF en ciruelas está relacionado con el comportamiento climatérico del cultivar y demuestran los efectos beneficiosos del tratamiento 1-MCP sobre la calidad de las ciruelas durante el almacenamiento. Palabras clave adicionales: firmeza; frigoconservación; patrón de maduración; producción de etileno; Prunus salicina; transparencia. * Corresponding author: [email protected] Received: 16-07-10; Accepted: 05-04-11. Abbreviations used: CI (chilling injury), MACC (1-malonyl-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic acid), SSC (soluble solid content), TA (titratable acidity), 1-MCP (1-methylcyclopropene). Instituto Nacional de Investigación y Tecnología Agraria y Alimentaria (INIA) Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 2011 9(2), 554-564 Available online at www.inia.es/sjar ISSN: 1695-971-X eISSN: 2171-9292
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