Effect of Supplemental Light on the Quality of Green Asparagus Spears in Winter &amp;lsquo;Fusekomi&amp;rsquo; Forcing Culture

Wambrauw, Daniel Z.K.; KASHIWATANI, Taisuke; Komura, Akihiro; Hasegawa, Hiroyuki; Narita, Koji; Oku, S.; Yamaguchi, Takayuki; Honda, Kentaro; Maeda, omoo

doi:10.2525/ecb.54.147

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“…Furthermore, the lower hue angle values observed in all spatial regions at week one could have been attributed to differences in chlorophyll, flavonoid ( viz . rutin) and or anthocyanin content present on the skin, which are influenced by sunlight exposure (Siomos et al, 2001; Wambrauw et al, 2016).…”

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Seasonal and temporal changes during storage affect quality attributes of green asparagus

Anastasiadi

Collings

Shivembe

et al. 2020

Postharvest Biology and Technology

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Section: Discussionmentioning

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Seasonal and temporal changes during storage affect quality attributes of green asparagus

Anastasiadi

Collings

Shivembe

et al. 2020

Postharvest Biology and Technology

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“…In green asparagus, the chlorophyll, ascorbic acid, and rutin (the main flavonoid with strong antioxidant properties, in asparagus, quercetin-3- O -beta-rutinoside), and in purple asparagus, the anthocyanin content, were shown to be positively dependent on light intensity (Guillén et al, 2008; Kohmura et al, 2008; Maeda et al, 2008, Maeda et al, 2010; Wambrauw et al, 2016). When light is under optimal level, the overall color and nutritional quality were negatively affected, the concentration of rutin decreased, and the spear color was pale (Wambrauw et al, 2016).…”

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Effect of Preharvest Abiotic Stresses on the Accumulation of Bioactive Compounds in Horticultural Produce

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The quality of horticultural products is the result of the interaction of different factors, including grower’s crop management ability, genotype, and environment. Sub-optimal environmental conditions during plant growth can induce abiotic stresses and reduce the crop performance with yield reduction and quality losses. However, abiotic stresses can induce several physiological, biochemical, and molecular responses in plants, aiming to cope with the stressful conditions. It is well known that these abiotic stresses are also elicitors of the biosynthesis of many metabolites in plants, including a wide range of bioactive compounds, which firstly serve as functional molecules for crop adaptation, but they have also a great interest for their beneficial effects on human health. Nowadays, the consumer is oriented to low-energy foods with low fat content, but at the same time, growing attention is paid to the presence of bioactive molecules, which are recognized as health-related compounds and concur to the nutraceutical value of plant-derived foods. In this context, fruit and vegetables play an important role as sources of bioactive ingredients in the diet. At the cultivation level, the understanding of crop responses to abiotic stresses and how they act in the biosynthesis/accumulation of these bioactive compounds is crucial. In fact, controlled abiotic stresses can be used as tools for improving the nutraceutical value of fruit and vegetables. This review focuses on the quality of vegetables and fruits as affected by preharvest abiotic stressors, with particular attention to the effect on the nutraceutical aspects.

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“…Seasonal variations had an unstable effect on colour traits, sometimes with significant differences, which showed some minor fluctuations over the course of the season in both years. According to the literature, the colour measurements of cultivated asparagus show variability among cultivars (Chen et al ., 2017) depending on the spear part, seasonal changes (Anastasiadi et al ., 2020) and light conditions (Wambrauw et al ., 2016). There are substances with different colours in asparagus, one of the most significant of which is chlorophyll, which is green.…”

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“…According to the literature, the colour measurements of cultivated asparagus show variability among cultivars (Chen et al, 2017) depending on the spear part, seasonal changes (Anastasiadi et al, 2020) and light conditions (Wambrauw et al, 2016).…”

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A comparative study on the quality attributes, phenolic content and antioxidant activity of cultivated and wild asparagus as influenced by seasonal variations

Alan

Türk²,

Şen³

2022

J. Agric. Sci.

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The wild asparagus Asparagus acutifolius L. is common in the Mediterranean Basin. Wild asparagus spears are an important food source within their native range, and can be used as a sustainable nutrition source. In addition, interest has risen in wild relative species of Asparagus as a source of genetic improvement in Asparagus officinalis L. In this study, the quality traits (spear colour, total soluble solid content, dry matter content and chlorophyll and sugar fractions) and health-related compounds (total phenolics and antioxidant capacity) of fresh spears of wild and cultivated asparagus grown in Turkey were compared using the same three harvest periods for two consecutive years. The results of this study indicated that spears of wild asparagus contained a higher level of greenness (–a*), hue angle, total soluble solid, dry matter, chlorophyll, sugars, total phenolic content and antioxidant activity, compared to cultivated asparagus. Although there was no significant difference in the total soluble solid, glucose, sucrose and antioxidant activity in the contents of the spears of both species throughout the season, the colour, dry matter, chlorophyll, fructose, total sugar and total phenolic content were subject to seasonal variations. Colour, chlorophyll and total phenolic content showed some minor fluctuations over the course of the season, but the patterns of fructose and total sugar differed, which tended to increase throughout the harvest season. The present work suggests greater quality traits and biochemical compounds of the spears of A. acutifolius compared with those of commonly cultivated species.

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Effect of Supplemental Light on the Quality of Green Asparagus Spears in Winter ‘Fusekomi’ Forcing Culture

Cited by 7 publications

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Seasonal and temporal changes during storage affect quality attributes of green asparagus

Seasonal and temporal changes during storage affect quality attributes of green asparagus

Effect of Preharvest Abiotic Stresses on the Accumulation of Bioactive Compounds in Horticultural Produce

A comparative study on the quality attributes, phenolic content and antioxidant activity of cultivated and wild asparagus as influenced by seasonal variations

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