Pre- and Postharvest Muskmelon Fruit Cracking: Causes and Potential Remedies

Fernández-Trujillo, J.P.; Lester, Gene E.; Dos-Santos, Noelia; Martı́nez, Juan Antonio; Esteva, J.; Jifon, John; Varó, Plácido

doi:10.21273/horttech.23.3.266

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“…These results suggest that ethylene promoting netting will be involved in system I rather than autocatalytic one. Recently, Fernández-Trujillo et al (2013) also showed the importance of cracking in melons including susceptibility to net cracking that is genetically determined, and they also suggested that small bursts of ethylene production (increases of 1 to 4 pmol • kg -1 • s -1 of ethylene) could be a sign of healing in netted or stemend areas. Thus, the development of periderm tissues in netted melon fruit rind might be regulated by this transient increase in ethylene production rather than climacteric high ethylene production.…”

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The Role of Net Development as a Barrier to Moisture Loss in Netted Melon Fruit (Cucumis melo L.)

Puthmee¹,

Takahashi²,

Sugawara³

et al. 2013

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The transpiration rate of cuticular membrane and fissures that comprise the netting on fruits of three netted melon cultivars, Life, Andesu, and Gurandoru, were measured during fruit development. Fissures in the equatorial region first developed vertically, then became interconnected by horizontal fissures as the fruit developed. Some cracks remained along the net, even at the fruit ripening stage, regardless of cultivar. Both lignified and suberized cell wall layers in the net tissues of the cultivar Life were thinner than those of the other cultivars, probably because of the shorter developmental period of fruits in the variety. Nevertheless, net transpiration rate did not differ significantly among cultivars at the fruit ripening stage. Peroxidase (POD) activity in the skin tissues of ‘Life’ was lower than that in ‘Andesu’ and ‘Gurandoru’ throughout fruit development and was not correlated with climacteric ethylene production. Among these cultivars, significantly higher ethylene production occurred in ‘Life’ fruit at the ripening stage. This can accelerate membrane permeability of hypodermal tissues, resulting in rapid fruit softening. Our results indicate that the net tissues of netted melons can be as waterproof as cutinized membranes if suberized cell wall layers with wax depositions develop below the net fissures at the fruit ripening stage.

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The Role of Net Development as a Barrier to Moisture Loss in Netted Melon Fruit (Cucumis melo L.)

Puthmee¹,

Takahashi²,

Sugawara³

et al. 2013

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“…Fruit cracking not only reduces fruit appeal and marketing, but can also increase the fruit's susceptibility to decay and shorten its shelf life. Fruit surfaces affected by sunscald (sunburn) and cracking are followed by infection with microbes such as Alternaria and Cladosporium rot (Fernández-Trujillo et al, 2013).…”

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Color Shade Nets Improve Vegetables Quality at Harvest and Maintain Quality During Storage

Ilić¹,

Milenković

Šunić

et al. 2018

Contemporary Agriculture

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Summary The photoselective, light-dispersive shade nets can be used as an alternative to protect crops from adverse environmental conditions such as; excessive solar radiation, heat and drought stress, wind and hail, birds, flying pests, thus improving crop’s production, yield and quality. The physiological parameters discussed in the review include: vegetable growth parameters (leaf area, leaf chlorophyll), tissue structure, fruit ripening, physiological disorders, pest and disease incidence, fruit quality parameters (soluble solids content and titratable acidity), bioactive compounds (antioxidant activity, ascorbic acid, carotenoid and flavonoid contents) and aroma volatile compounds at harvest. Also, it is evident in the reviewed literature that light quality influences the biosynthesis, accumulation and retention of vegetable phytochemicals, as well as the decay development during storage. These new strategies to modulate light quality should be conveyed to vegetable producing farmers, thus allowing them to preserve the freshness and post-harvest quality of vegetables for an extended period of time, and to meet the consumers demand for vegetables with high nutritional value all year round. Research on light manipulation in horticultural systems is necessary for a sustainable and market-oriented open field and greenhouse vegetable production in the future.

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“…13 Soil preparation, fertigation, plant protection and other growing practices were those commonly used for melon cultivation in the Mediterranean conditions in Torre Pacheco (Murcia, Spain). 20,22 To reduce fruit cracking, the measures reported by Fernández-Trujillo et al 27 were followed. The experiment was conducted in the 'Centro Experimental de Formación y Experiencias Agrarias" (CIFEA), located in Torre Pacheco (Murcia, Spain).…”

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“…4 Minimum harvest indexes were the presence of a well-formed and defectfree fruit, firm, well-healed and dry epidermis with lignified netting, high density, absence of trichomes, dark-green skin color, withering of the stem and leaf close to the fruit peduncle, peduncle suberization and light yellowing of the ground spot. The most common harvest indices for both SC10-2 and PS were the rind netting and, in some fruit, an annular ring or yellow color around a partly suberized peduncle, 27 light yellowing of the ground spot (particularly in PS), a slight suberized crack around the peduncle, and dark blue-green skin color (in SC10-2).…”

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“…24 Finally, SC10-2 in fresh-cut cubes also showed reduced juice leakage compared with PS during postharvest cold storage, 26 but a certain risk of cracking during preharvest. 27 The aim of this study was to analyze and compare the transcriptomes of the NIL SC10-2 and its PS parental during ripening to reveal the genes associated with the introgression during melon postharvest ripening (particularly those associated with textural traits and VOCs), and also to provide further insights for identifying key potential pathways and regulators.…”

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Transcriptomic analysis of a near‐isogenic line of melon with high fruit flesh firmness during ripening

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BACKGROUND: A near-isogenic line (NIL) of melon (SC10-2) with introgression in linkage group X was studied from harvest (at firm-ripe stage of maturity) until day 18 of postharvest storage at 20.5°C together with its parental control ('Piel de Sapo', PS). RESULTS: SC10-2 showed higher flesh firmness and whole fruit hardness but lower juiciness than its parental. SC10-2 showed a decrease in respiration rate accompanied by a decrease in ethylene production during ripening, both of which fell to a greater extent than in PS. The introgression affected 11 volatile organic compounds (VOCs), the levels of which during ripening were generally higher in SC10-2 than in PS. Transcriptomic analysis from RNA-Seq revealed differentially expressed genes (DEGs) associated with the effects studied. For example, 909 DEGs were exclusive to the introgression, and only 23 DEGs were exclusive to postharvest ripening time. Major functions of the DEGs associated with introgression or ripening time were identified by cluster analysis. About 37 genes directly and/or indirectly affected the delay in ripening of SC10-2 compared with PS in general and, more particularly, the physiological and quality traits measured and, probably, the differential non-climacteric response. Of the former genes, we studied in more detail at least five that mapped in the introgression in linkage group (LG) X, and 32 outside it. CONCLUSION: There is an apparent control of textural changes, VOCs and fruit ripening by an expression quantitative trait locus located in LG X together with a direct control on them due to genes presented in the introgression (CmTrpD, CmNADH1, CmTCP15, CmGDSL esterase/lipase, and CmHK4-like) and CmNAC18.

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Pre- and Postharvest Muskmelon Fruit Cracking: Causes and Potential Remedies

Cited by 14 publications

References 41 publications

The Role of Net Development as a Barrier to Moisture Loss in Netted Melon Fruit (Cucumis melo L.)

The Role of Net Development as a Barrier to Moisture Loss in Netted Melon Fruit (Cucumis melo L.)

Color Shade Nets Improve Vegetables Quality at Harvest and Maintain Quality During Storage

Transcriptomic analysis of a near‐isogenic line of melon with high fruit flesh firmness during ripening

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