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Continuous white-blue LED light exposition delays postharvest senescence of broccoli

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LWT-FOOD SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 65, Issue -, Pages 495-502

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DOI: 10.1016/j.lwt.2015.08.041

Keywords

White-blue light emitting-diodes (LED); Broccoli storage; Antioxidants; Sugars; Postharvest senescence

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  1. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Tecnicas [PIP 00727]
  2. Universidad Nacional de La Plata [11X660]

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In this work, the impact of low intensity (20 mu mol m(-2) s(-1)) continue illumination with white and blue light-emitting diodes (WB LED) on the shelf life of broccoli heads stored at 5 degrees C or at 22 degrees C was assessed. At both temperatures, heads stored under WB LED showed the highest levels of chlorophylls, reflected in a higher Hue angle and lower L* values compared to controls stored in the darkness. Also, during storage at 22 degrees C the treated samples had a slower rate of sugar lost compared to dark stored controls. At 5 degrees C, glucose and fructose levels were maintained and sucrose was increased by the WB LED treatment. The dark stored controls showed the highest accumulation of antioxidant compounds, but there were no differences in ascorbic acid content except for the last storage day at 5 degrees C, being the WB LED samples which had a slightly higher level (p < 0.05). Finally, treated samples showed an increment in the total carotenoid content, mainly during storage at 22 degrees C. According to the results, WB LED treatment would be a feasible and low cost technology to enlarge the postharvest storage of whole broccoli heads. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

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