Efficacy of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) in Prolonging the Shelf-life of 'Rendaiji' Persimmon Fruits Previously Subjected to Astringency Removal Treatment

• Ortiz Guinevere I.

  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• Sugaya Sumiko

  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• Sekozawa Yoshihiko

  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

• Ito Hisashi

  Agricultural Research Division, Mie Prefecture Science and Technology Promotion Center

• Wada Kenji

  Agricultural Research Division, Mie Prefecture Science and Technology Promotion Center

• Gemma Hiroshi

  Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 1-MCP処理による脱渋処理したカキ‘蓮台寺’果実の軟化防止

Abstract

Fruits of ‘Rendaiji’ persimmon (Diospyros kaki Thunb.), known to be highly susceptible to rapid softening after harvest or astringency removal treatment, were treated with 20 μL · L⁻¹ 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) at 20°C for 24 h after treatment with ethanol vapor to remove astringency. The fruit were then stored at 20°C to monitor ripening-related changes, such as physicochemical, physiological, and biochemical parameters at regular intervals. 1-MCP treatment delayed fruit softening brought about by exposure to ethanol vapor and extended shelf-life of the fruits by 8 days. No suppression in ethylene evolution and respiration rate was observed in 1-MCP-treated fruits. Fruits treated with 1-MCP had higher soluble solids content, less weight loss and slower color development and they softened normally. 1-MCP-treatment caused a transient suppression in polygalacturonase (PG) activity; pectin methyl esterase (PME) and β-galactosidase activities were significantly inhibited, but had no deleterious effects on the quality of ‘Rendaiji’ persimmon fruits.

Journal

• Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

  Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science 74 (3), 248-254, 2005

  THE JAPANESE SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE

Keywords

• <i>Diospyros kaki</i> Thunb.
• 1-methylcyclopropene
• persimmon
• softening

Details

• CRID: 1390001206302351616
• NII Article ID: 110001815988
• NII Book ID: AN00025257
• DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.74.248
• ISSN: 1880358X
• ISSN: 00137626
• NDL BIB ID: 7363101
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