Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits
Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes, which are beneficial to human health. They are one of the most commercially high-value vegetable crops that experience a huge postharvest loss after harvest. The present experiment is conducted to investigate the effect of...
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| description | Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes, which are beneficial to human health. They are one of the most commercially high-value vegetable crops that experience a huge postharvest loss after harvest. The present experiment is conducted to investigate the effect of different maturity stages (mature green, breaker, and half-ripe stage), pre- and post-harvest treatment with different concentrations (0.0%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0%, w/v) of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on the postharvest performance, antioxidant and enzymatic activity of lowland tomato fruits, stored at ambient temperature (28 ± 2 °C and 75 ± 5% RH). Tomato fruit of mature green stage treated with 2% CaCl2 significantly (p = 0.05) declined the ethylene production (15.53%), weight loss (16.43%), and delayed color development by slowly synthesizes the lycopene content as well as extended the shelf life. The maximum amount of total phenolic content (TPC) was demonstrated at the highest level of CaCl2 (2%) after 20 days of storage life at ambient conditions. The concentration of CaCl2 influenced the activity of different plant defense enzymes, and the higher doses of CaCl2 (2%) accelerated the activity of peroxidase (POD) (13%), polyphenol oxidase (POP) (7.3%), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) (8.5%) relative to that of the control samples. Therefore, the tomato producers and traders could extend the storage duration of tomato fruits by harvesting at the mature green stage and applying 2% CaCl2 in both pre-and postharvest at ambient storage conditions. |
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| spelling | upm-969002022-11-30T05:57:03Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96900/ Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits Nabi Mazumder, Mohammad Nurun Misran, Azizah Ding, Phebe Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati Mohamad, Azhar Tomatoes are a good source of vitamins, minerals, antioxidants, and enzymes, which are beneficial to human health. They are one of the most commercially high-value vegetable crops that experience a huge postharvest loss after harvest. The present experiment is conducted to investigate the effect of different maturity stages (mature green, breaker, and half-ripe stage), pre- and post-harvest treatment with different concentrations (0.0%, 1.0%, 1.5%, and 2.0%, w/v) of calcium chloride (CaCl2) on the postharvest performance, antioxidant and enzymatic activity of lowland tomato fruits, stored at ambient temperature (28 ± 2 °C and 75 ± 5% RH). Tomato fruit of mature green stage treated with 2% CaCl2 significantly (p = 0.05) declined the ethylene production (15.53%), weight loss (16.43%), and delayed color development by slowly synthesizes the lycopene content as well as extended the shelf life. The maximum amount of total phenolic content (TPC) was demonstrated at the highest level of CaCl2 (2%) after 20 days of storage life at ambient conditions. The concentration of CaCl2 influenced the activity of different plant defense enzymes, and the higher doses of CaCl2 (2%) accelerated the activity of peroxidase (POD) (13%), polyphenol oxidase (POP) (7.3%), and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase (PAL) (8.5%) relative to that of the control samples. Therefore, the tomato producers and traders could extend the storage duration of tomato fruits by harvesting at the mature green stage and applying 2% CaCl2 in both pre-and postharvest at ambient storage conditions. Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/96900/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Nabi Mazumder, Mohammad Nurun and Misran, Azizah and Ding, Phebe and Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati and Mohamad, Azhar (2021) Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits. Coatings, 11 (12). art. no. 1445. pp. 1-23. ISSN 2079-6412 https://www.mdpi.com/2079-6412/11/12/1445 10.3390/coatings11121445 |
| spellingShingle | Nabi Mazumder, Mohammad Nurun Misran, Azizah Ding, Phebe Megat Wahab, Puteri Edaroyati Mohamad, Azhar Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title | Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title_full | Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title_fullStr | Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title_short | Effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
| title_sort | effect of harvesting stages and calcium chloride application on postharvest quality of tomato fruits |
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