Journal
JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY
Volume 64, Issue 25, Pages 5215-5222Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.6b01118
Keywords
melatonin; peach fruit; polyamines; gamma-aminobutyric acid; proline
Funding
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [31371866, 31571905]
- Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province [LQ15C200004]
- Natural Science Foundation of Ningbo [2015A610262]
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The effect of exogenous melatonin on chilling injury in peach fruit after harvest was investigated. To explore the optimum concentration of melatonin for chilling tolerance induction, peach fruit were treated with 50, 100, or 200 mu M melatonin for 120 min and then stored for 28 days at 4 degrees C. The results showed that application of melatonin at 100 mu M was most effective in reducing chilling injury of peach fruit after harvest. Peaches treated with melatonin at this concentration displayed higher levels of extractable juice rate and total soluble solids than the non-treated peaches. In addition, melatonin treatment enhanced expression of PpADC, PpODC, and PpGAD and consequently increased polyamines and gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) contents. Meanwhile, the upregulated transcripts of PpADC and PpODC and inhibited PpPDH expression resulted in the higher proline content in melatonin-treated fruit compared to the control fruit. Our results revealed that melatonin treatment may be a useful technique to alleviate chilling injury in cold-stored peach fruit. The chilling tolerance of harvested peaches induced by melatonin treatment is associated with higher levels of polyamine, GABA, and proline. These data provided here are the first protective evidence of exogenous melatonin in harvested horticultural products in response to direct chilling stress.
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