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PROLONG THE SHELF LIFE OF EARLIGRANDE PEACH FRUIT USING SOME POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS

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Last updated: 07 Jan 2025

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Plant Production

Abstract

This study was conducted to extend the storage and shelf life of the EarliGrande peach fruits by applying some postharvest treatments under cold storage during two successive seasons 2021 and 2022. Peach fruits were dipped in 10% citric acid, 6% CaCl2, hot water (45˚C), and 2%chitosan, either alone or in combinations as well as distilled water‘ control' for 10 min. Results showed that the fruit weight loss, TSS content, total sugar, total phenol, and enzyme activity increased in all treatments with a longer cold storage period(28 days) and increased shelf- life to the ninth day, except the phenol content, which decreased at the end of the shelf -life period. The fruit firmness, titratable acidity, flavonoid, DPPH (%), and ascorbic acid decreased gradually with increased cold storage and shelf-life period. There was no microorganism decay (%) observed on treated and untreated fruits during 28 days of cold storage, but it appeared during the shelf-life period. During the cold storage period, the lowest weight loss, besides the highest values of fruit firmness, ascorbic acid, flavonoid, and DPPH (%) were gained by treated fruits with chitosan 2%+CaCl2 6% treatment. Moreover, the chitosan 2%+ hot water(45˚C) was superior in inhibiting fruit decay to a minimum percentage during the shelf-life period. No significant difference was found between chitosan 2%+ hot water (45˚C) and chitosan 2%+CaCl2 6% in slowing down weight loss. The treatment with chitosan 2%+CaCl2 6% efficiently inhibited the enzyme activity of MDA and PPO, while also maintaining the highest values of DPPH activity (%), phenol content, and ascorbic acid content.

DOI

10.21608/sinjas.2024.310191.1281

Keywords

Peach, Postharvest, Cold storage, shelf life

Authors

First Name

Omnia

Last Name

El-Azraq

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

dr.omnia2050@gmail.com

City

El-Arish

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Nagaty

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

mnagaty@aru.edu.eg

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First Name

Mohamed

Last Name

Awad

MiddleName

A.

Affiliation

Dept. Plant Prod., Fac. Environ. Agric. Sci., Arish Univ., Egypt.

Email

mohamed.awad@agri.aru.edu.eg

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-

Orcid

0009-0008-9677-3783

Volume

13

Article Issue

3

Related Issue

51212

Issue Date

2024-05-01

Receive Date

2024-04-06

Publish Date

2024-05-27

Page Start

303

Page End

326

Print ISSN

2314-6079

Online ISSN

2682-3527

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2,342

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Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences

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https://sinjas.journals.ekb.eg/

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PROLONG THE SHELF LIFE OF EARLIGRANDE PEACH FRUIT USING SOME POSTHARVEST TREATMENTS

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07 Jan 2025