Methyl salicylate treatments of sweet cherry trees increase antioxidant systems in fruit at harvest and during storage

Preharvest salicylic acid and acetylsalicylic acid treatments preserve quality and enhance antioxidant systems during postharvest storage of sweet cherry cultivars

“…Treatments of trees of ‘Lane Late’ and ‘Valencia Late’ oranges with SA, at 8 or 9 mmol L −1 , 10 days before harvesting, led to the maintenance of fruit firmness, TSS, TA, individual sugars and organic acids during cold storage . Specifically, in sweet cherry, preharvest SA, ASA and MeSA enhanced quality parameters and bioactive compounds (total phenolics and total anthocyanins), as well as the total antioxidant activity (TAA) from both hydrophilic (H‐TAA) and lipophilic (L‐TAA) fractions at harvest …”

Effect of methyl salicylate in combination with 1‐methylcyclopropene on postharvest quality and decay caused by Botrytis cinerea in tomato fruit

“…Methyl salicylate (MeSA), a volatile organic compound of the signal transduction pathway, is synthesized from SA and activates the plant defense response . Many studies showed that postharvest treatment with SA or MeSA at appropriate concentrations could enhance resistance to pathogens in postharvest fruits and vegetables such as tomato, mango, jujube, sweet cherry and pomegranate . These defense responses related to the increased activities of defense enzymes such as chitinase (CHI), phenylalanine ammonia‐lyase (PAL), peroxidase (POD) and β ‐1,3‐glucanase (GLU) .…”

Effects of Pre-Harvest Methyl Jasmonate Treatments on Fruit Quality of Fuji Apples during Cold Storage

“…The quality losses, which occur at the cold storage, can be reduce by the preharvest (Zhang and Whitting 2011;Einhorn et al, 2013;Gimenez et al, 2014;Martinez-Espla et al, 2014;Valverde et al, 2015) and postharvest (Petracek et al, 2002;Valero et al, 2011;Giacalone and Chiabrando 2013;Valero et al, 2014) applications.…”