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Effect of Salicylic Acid and 1-Methylcyclopropene Treatments on Fruit Quality and Cell Wall Hydrolases of ‘Hwangok’ Apples During Cold and Shelf-life Storage
Jingi Yoo1†
,
Hye-Won Kwon2†
,
Jung-Geun Kwon2
,
Nay Myo Win3
,
In-Kyu Kang2*
1Tree Fruit Research Extension Center, Washington State University, Wenatchee 98801, USA
2Department of Horticultural Science, Kyungpook National University, Daegu 41566, Korea
3Apple Research Institute, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, RDA, Gunwi 39000, Korea
*Corresponding Author
†These authors contributed equally to this work.
31 October 2022. pp. 539-551
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Abstract

We evaluated the effects of salicylic acid (SA) and 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) treatments on fruit quality and the softening-related cell wall materials and hydrolase activities of ‘Hwangok’ apples during cold storage and cold storage plus seven days under shelf-life storage conditions. Fruits were dipped in a SA solution (3 mM), fumigated with 1-MCP (1 µL·L-1), or subjected to a combined SA+1-MCP treatment, followed by cold storage (0°C) and seven-day shelf-life storage (20°C) for up to 180 and 180 + 7 days. Under both storage conditions, fruits treated with 1-MCP and SA+1-MCP exhibited higher firmness and titratable acidity levels as well as lower internal ethylene concentrations, respiration rates, and weight loss values than the controls and SA-treated apples. The peel color indicators a* and b* were also lower in 1-MCP- and SA+1-MCP-treated apples than in controls and SA-treated apples. Total sugar and uronic acid levels were increasingly solubilized, and the activities of cell wall hydrolases, except for that of β-xylosidase, were higher in controls and SA-treated fruits than in 1-MCP and SA+1-MCP-treated apples. Therefore, our results suggest that the 1-MCP treatment is effective for maintaining fruit quality and extending the shelf life of ‘Hwangok’ apples during cold storage and under shelf-life storage conditions. The SA treatment alone did not extend the storage life of ‘Hwangok’ apples.

Keywords
Flesh firmness
internal ethylene concentration
softening
total sugar content
uronic acid content
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  • Publisher :KOREAN SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE
  • Publisher(Ko) :원예과학기술지
  • Journal Title :Horticultural Science and Technology
  • Journal Title(Ko) :원예과학기술지
  • Volume : 40
  • No :5
  • Pages :539-551
  • Received Date : 2022-07-07
  • Revised Date : 2022-08-09
  • Accepted Date : 2022-08-22
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7235/HORT.20220048
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