Journal
FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 338, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2020.128005
Keywords
Peach; Browning; Jasmonic acid; Chilling injury; Ethylene; Soluble sugar
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31871862]
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The treatment with jasmonic acid can alleviate internal flesh browning of peach fruit during cold storage without inhibiting softening, while increasing ethylene production and maintaining soluble sugar content. This enhances chilling tolerance by regulating ethylene and sugar metabolism.
Peach (Prunus persica L.) fruit are highly susceptible to chilling injury during cold storage, resulting in internal flesh browning and a failure to soften normally. We have examined the effect of a postharvest treatment consisting of a brief (30 s) dip in the natural plant hormone jasmonic acid, prior to storage at 4 degrees C. Jasmonic acid treatment reduced the severity of internal flesh browning and did not inhibit fruit softening over a 35 d storage period. Two major physiological effects of jasmonic acid on the fruit were observed, an increase in ethylene production and a prevention of the decline in soluble sugar content seen in controls. An increased soluble sugar content may have multiple benefits in resisting chilling stress, scavenging reactive oxygen species and acting to stabilize membranes. Our results show that a treatment with jasmonic acid can enhance chilling tolerance of peach fruit by regulating ethylene and sugar metabolism.
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