Journal
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
Volume 18, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/ijms18071467
Keywords
chilling injury; immature fruit; oxidative stress
Funding
- Spanish Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad
- Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional FEDER [AGL2014-54598-C1, AGL2014-54598-C2-]
- Consejeria de Economia, Innovacion y Ciencia, Junta de Andalucia, Spain [P12-AGR-1423]
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Immature, vegetable-like fruits are produced by crops of great economic importance, including cucumbers, zucchini, eggplants and bell peppers, among others. Because of their high respiration rates, associated with high rates of dehydration and metabolism, and their susceptibility to chilling injury (CI), vegetable fruits are highly perishable commodities, requiring particular storage conditions to avoid postharvest losses. This review focuses on the oxidative stress that affects the postharvest quality of vegetable fruits under chilling storage. We define the physiological and biochemical factors that are associated with the oxidative stress and the development of CI symptoms in these commodities, and discuss the different physical, chemical and biotechnological approaches that have been proposed to reduce oxidative stress while enhancing the chilling tolerance of vegetable fruits.
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