The Postharvest Biochemistry Of Tropical And Subtropical Fruits

Biale, J. B.

doi:10.1016/s0065-2628(08)60140-8

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“…It bears remembering that continuous exposure of postharvest fruit to ethylene shortens the lag period (Biale, 1960) to the length of that in ripening slices. Thus, there is little question that ethylene mediates events of the lag period in intact fruit (even at levels below ready detection; Peacock, 1972).…”

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Ethylene and Wound-Induced Gene Expression in the Preclimacteric Phase of Ripening Avocado Fruit and Mesocarp Discs

Starrett¹,

Laties²

1993

Plant Physiol.

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Ethylene and Wound-Induced Gene Expression in the Preclimacteric Phase of Ripening Avocado Fruit and Mesocarp Discs

Starrett¹,

Laties²

1993

Plant Physiol.

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“…The increase in TSS and total sugars during fruit ripening has been attributed to the hydrolysis of starch to sugars (Biale 1960). The data presented in the Table 2 reveals higher TSS levels in untreated fruit in comparison to that of the treated fruit throughout the storage, which indicates that the edible coating has efficacy in delaying the process of ripening.…”

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Composite coating of alginate-olive oil enriched with antioxidants enhances postharvest quality and shelf life of Ber fruit (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk. Var. Gola)

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The present study has been carried out to evaluate the effect of a composite edible coating of 2 % Sodium alginate and 0.2 % Olive oil with combination of 1 % ascorbic acid and 1 % citric acid on the post harvest nutritional quality and shelf life of Ber fruit stored at 25 ± 2°C and 65 % R.H. The coatings reduced the decay occurrence, weight loss, accumulation of total soluble solids (TSS) and total sugars in Ber fruit and enhanced the level of antioxidants. The delayed activity of polygalacturonase (PG), Pectate lyase (PL) and Pectin methyl esterase (PME) was noticed in coated fruits than that of the control fruit indicating the reduced softening and ripening process. These findings suggest that the composite edible coating tested under the current study has the potential to control decaying incidence of Ber fruit, extends its storage life and also improves its valuable nutritional characteristics.

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“…The endogenous ripening syndrome comprises an extended period of low, steady respiration with insignificant ethylene production, the socalled lag phase, followed by a sharp increase in respiration, the climacteric, accompanied by extensive ethylene production and other ripening phenomena including color change, aroma and flavor development, and softening. Whereas the interval from the onset of the climacteric rise to its peak is essentially constant (about 3 d), the lag period varies among individual fruit (12), as well as with season (13) and external ethylene concentration (5). The lag period plays an ethylenedependent role in the onset of the climacteric even though ethylene production during the lag period may be low (3,8).…”

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The Effect of Ethylene and Propylene Pulses on Respiration, Ripening Advancement, Ethylene-Forming Enzyme, and 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid Synthase Activity in Avocado Fruit

Starrett

Laties²

1991

Plant Physiol.

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When early-season avocado fruit (Persea americana Mill. cv Hass) were treated with ethylene or propylene for 24 hours immediately on picking, the time to the onset of the respiratory climacteric, i.e. the lag period, remained unchanged compared with that in untreated fruit. When fruit were pulsed 24 hours after picking, on the other hand, the lag period was shortened. In both cases, however, a 24 hour ethylene or propylene pulse induced a transient increase in respiration, called the pulse-peak, unaccompanied by ethylene production (IL Eaks [1980] Am Soc Hortic Sci 105: 744-747). The pulse also caused a sharp rise in ethyleneforming enzyme activity in both cases, without any increase in the low level of 1-aminocyclopropane-1 -carboxylic acid synthase activity. Thus, the shortening of the lag period by an ethylene pulse is not due to an effect of ethylene on either of the two key enzymes in ethylene biosynthesis. A comparison of two-dimensional polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis polypeptide profiles of in vitro translation products of poly(A+) mRNA from control and ethylene-pulsed fruit showed both up-and down-regulation in response to ethylene pulsing of a number of genes expressed during the ripening syndrome. It is proposed that the pulse-peak or its underlying events reflect an intrinsic element in the ripening process that in late-season or continuously ethylene-treated fruit may be subsumed in the overall climacteric response. A computerized system that allows continuous readout of multiple samples has established that the continued presentation of exogenous ethylene or propylene to preclimacteric fruit elicits a dual respiration response comprising the merged pulse-peak and climacteric peak in series. The sequential removal of cores from a single fruit has proven an unsatisfactory sampling procedure inasmuch as coring induces wound ethylene, evokes a positive respiration response, and advances ripening.The avocado is a climacteric fruit, wherein ethylene plays a key role in ripening (7). In several varieties of avocado (e.g. cv Hass and Fuerte), fruit fail to ripen on the tree after the fruit are mature and picking initiates the ripening process

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The Postharvest Biochemistry Of Tropical And Subtropical Fruits

Cited by 163 publications

References 77 publications

Ethylene and Wound-Induced Gene Expression in the Preclimacteric Phase of Ripening Avocado Fruit and Mesocarp Discs

Ethylene and Wound-Induced Gene Expression in the Preclimacteric Phase of Ripening Avocado Fruit and Mesocarp Discs

Composite coating of alginate-olive oil enriched with antioxidants enhances postharvest quality and shelf life of Ber fruit (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk. Var. Gola)

The Effect of Ethylene and Propylene Pulses on Respiration, Ripening Advancement, Ethylene-Forming Enzyme, and 1-Aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylic Acid Synthase Activity in Avocado Fruit

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