Journal
SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE
Volume 291, Issue -, Pages -Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2021.110608
Keywords
Plum fruit; Cell wall polysaccharides; Cell wall-disassembling enzymes; Firmness; Short-chain fatty acids
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- Youth Innovation Promotion Association of the Chinese Academy of Sciences [2020343]
- China Postdoctoral Science Foundation [2018M633178]
- Natural Science Foundation of Chongqing [cstc2018jcyjAX0256, cstc2019jcyjmsxmX 0690]
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This study investigated the effects of valeric acid (VA) treatment on fruit firmness and cell wall polysaccharides metabolism in plum fruit. Results showed that VA treatment delayed firmness loss by inhibiting degrading-enzyme activities, leading to extended postharvest storage-life of plum fruit. VA treatment regulated cell wall polysaccharides metabolism, thereby alleviating firmness loss in plum fruit.
Cell wall polysaccharides are closely related to fruit firmness. Firmness loss results in softening and restricts postharvest storage of plum fruit at ambient temperature. This study aimed to investigate the effects of valeric acid (VA) treatment on fruit firmness and cell wall polysaccharides metabolism in plum fruit. Results showed that 10 mg L-1 VA treatment delayed the decline of plum fruit firmness. VA-treated plum maintained higher contents of protopectin, cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin but lower water-soluble pectin (WSP) amount. Lower activities of polygalacturonase (PG), pectinate lyases (PL), pectinesterase (PE), 8-galactosidase (8-GAL), cellulase, hemicellulase but higher activities of phenylalanine ammonia lyase (PAL), 4-coumaroyl-CoA ligase (4CL) and peroxidase (POD) were observed in VA-treated fruit. These results suggested that VA treatment delayed the depolymerization of cell wall polysaccharides via inhibiting activities of degrading-enzymes. Moreover, lignin metabolism was regulated by VA treatment. Altogether, VA treatment regulated cell wall polysaccharides metabolism, then subsequently alleviated firmness loss and prolong storage-life of postharvest plum fruit.
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