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POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Volume 128, Issue -, Pages 144-152Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2017.02.004
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UVC; Peroxidase; Polyphenol oxidase; Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase; Cell wall lignification; Cell wall apposition
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- Department of Crop Science, Plant Protection, Universiti Putra Malaysia
- Institute of Bioscience, Universiti Putra Malaysia
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The reduction of crown rot disease observed in UVC-irradiated banana fruit, 'Berangan' was associated with activation of the defense response mechanisms, increased peroxidase and polyphenol oxidase activities as well as accumulation of lignin and phenolic compounds in its crown tissue, but not phenylalanine ammonia-lyase activity. Transmission electron microscope micrographs revealed that 0.01 kJ m (2) UVC retarded the losses of cell compartments and disintegrations of fibril fraction in cell wall structure of the crown tissue. UVC treatment 24 h after fungal inoculation induced the accumulation of phenol-storing cells that could create an antimicrobial environment in the host tissue for combating the fungal colonization. Moreover, formation of cell wall lignification and heterogenous matrix of cell wall appositions at site of fungal penetration was clearly observed in UVC-irradiated crown tissue, which otherwise absent in the control crowns. These structures might be important physical barriers that were induced by the irradiation to prevent diffusions of toxin and enzyme from the crown rot-infecting fungi. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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