Preharvest Salicylate Treatments Enhance Antioxidant Compounds, Color and Crop Yield in Low Pigmented-Table Grape Cultivars and Preserve Quality Traits during Storage
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material, Treatments and Experimental Design
2.2. Vine Yield Determination and Storage Experiment
2.3. Quality Parameters
2.4. Total Phenolics and Total and Individual Anthocyanin Quantifications
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. Vine Yield and Berry Ripening Process
3.2. Bioactive Compounds: Anthocyanins and Phenolics
3.3. Quality Parameters
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Cultivar | ‘Magenta’ | ‘Crimson’ | ||
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Treatment | 2016 | 2017 | 2016 | 2017 |
T1 | 23rd June | 27th June | 24th June | 28th June |
T2 | 8th July | 12th July | 9th July | 15th July |
T3 | 18th July | 21st July | 25th July | 28th July |
Cultivar | ‘Magenta’ 2016 | ‘Crimson’ 2016 | ||
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Day 0 | Day 45 | Day 0 | Day 45 | |
Control | 195.5 ± 1.0 aA | 204.5 ± 3.2 aB | 186.3 ± 1.5 aA | 204.3 ± 2.1 aB |
SA 1 mM | 206.1 ± 3.1 bA | 214.2 ± 1.5 bA | 195.5 ± 2.0 bA | 218.2 ± 3.7 bB |
ASA 1 mM | 207.8 ± 2.9 bA | 218.9 ± 3.7 bA | 198.2 ± 1.6 bA | 223.0 ± 2.3 bB |
MeSa 1 mM | 207.2 ± 2.7 bA | 216.8 ± 2.9 bA | 196.4 ± 1.3 bA | 217.3 ± 1.7 bB |
‘Magenta’ 2017 | ‘Crimson’ 2017 | |||
Day 0 | Day 45 | Day 0 | Day 45 | |
Control | 180.2 ± 2.2 aA | 191.9 ± 2.5 aB | 175.8 ± 1.2 aA | 199.0 ± 2.3 aB |
SA 0.01 mM | 185.5 ± 6.4 abA | 198.0 ± 0.5 aA | 178.7 ± 0.5 abA | 200.3 ± 1.4 aB |
SA 0.1 mM | 186.5 ± 5.2 abA | 201.2 ± 3.2 aA | 179.9 ± 2.6 abA | 204.0 ± 1.3 aB |
SA 1 mM | 199.0 ± 2.6 bA | 206.8 ± 2.1 bA | 181.3 ± 0.9 bA | 210.3 ± 1.2 bB |
ASA 0.01 mM | 186.5 ± 5.6 abA | 198.8 ± 1.6 aA | 179.5 ± 1.0 abA | 193.7 ± 2.4 aB |
ASA 0.1 | 189.3 ± 3.2 abA | 191.8 ± 0.9 aA | 178.7 ± 3.8 abA | 199.7 ± 1.8 aB |
ASA 1 mM | 205.7 ± 6.9 bA | 214.7 ± 3.1 bA | 190.3 ± 2.1 cA | 214.0 ± 1.6 bB |
MeSa 0.01 mM | 190.7 ± 4.8 abA | 196.7 ± 1.4 aA | 178.7 ± 2.0 abA | 192.2 ± 1.4 aB |
MeSa 0.1 mM | 187.2 ± 3.4 abA | 195.2 ± 1.4 aA | 174.2 ± 5.5 abA | 191.5 ± 1.5 aB |
MeSa 1 mM | 197.8 ± 5.4 bA | 207.7 ± 4.2 bA | 195.2 ± 2.6 cA | 212.5 ± 2.5 bB |
‘Magenta’ 2016 | ‘Crimson’ 2016 | |||
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Day 0 | Day 45 | Day 0 | Day 45 | |
Control | 7.5 ± 0.2 aA | 6.1 ± 0.2 aB | 9.0 ± 0.1 aA | 6.6 ± 0.2 aB |
SA 1 mM | 8.6 ± 0.3 bA | 7.0 ± 0.2 bB | 11.8 ± 0.4 bA | 7.7 ± 0.2 bB |
ASA 1 mM | 8.5 ± 0.2 bA | 6.9 ± 0.1 bB | 10.8 ± 0.4 bA | 7.6 ± 0.3 bB |
MeSa 1 mM | 8.7 ± 0.1 bA | 7.2 ± 0.3 bB | 12.4 ± 0.1 bA | 7.8 ± 0.3 bB |
‘Magenta’ 2017 | ‘Crimson’ 2017 | |||
Day 0 | Day 45 | Day 0 | Day 45 | |
Control | 8.6 ± 0.2 aA | 7.3 ± 0.3 aB | 10.2 ± 0.1 aA | 8.1 ± 0.2 aB |
SA 0.01 mM | 11.3 ± 0.1 cA | 9.6 ± 0.2 cdB | 14.1 ± 0.2 cA | 12.3 ± 0.3 cB |
SA 0.1 mM | 10.2 ± 0.4 bA | 8.5 ± 0.2 bB | 12.9 ± 0.3 bA | 10.8 ± 0.1 bB |
SA 1 mM | 10.3 ± 0.3 bA | 8.6 ± 0.3 bB | 13.0 ± 0.2 bA | 10.9 ± 0.3 bB |
ASA 0.01 mM | 10.6 ± 0.3 bcA | 9.3 ± 0.4 bcB | 14.3 ± 0.2 cdA | 11.0 ± 0.4 bB |
ASA 0.1 | 14.5 ± 0.7 dA | 11.1 ± 0.5 dB | 14.2 ± 0.5 bcdA | 11.1 ± 0.2 bB |
ASA 1 mM | 11.0 ± 0.1 bcA | 9.1 ± 0.2 bcB | 15.0 ± 0.2 dA | 12.7 ± 0.4 cB |
MeSa 0.01 mM | 11.1 ± 0.3 bcA | 9.0 ± 0.3 bcB | 14.3 ± 0.3 cdA | 10.7 ± 0.3 bB |
MeSa 0.1 mM | 11.4 ± 0.2 cA | 9.9 ± 0.2 cdB | 14.9 ± 0.2 dA | 12.5 ± 0.2 cB |
MeSa 1 mM | 11.0 ± 0.2 bcA | 8.9 ± 0.2 bcB | 13.7 ± 0.4 bcA | 10.6 ± 0.1 bB |
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García-Pastor, M.E.; Zapata, P.J.; Castillo, S.; Martínez-Romero, D.; Valero, D.; Serrano, M.; Guillén, F. Preharvest Salicylate Treatments Enhance Antioxidant Compounds, Color and Crop Yield in Low Pigmented-Table Grape Cultivars and Preserve Quality Traits during Storage. Antioxidants 2020, 9, 832. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9090832
García-Pastor ME, Zapata PJ, Castillo S, Martínez-Romero D, Valero D, Serrano M, Guillén F. Preharvest Salicylate Treatments Enhance Antioxidant Compounds, Color and Crop Yield in Low Pigmented-Table Grape Cultivars and Preserve Quality Traits during Storage. Antioxidants. 2020; 9(9):832. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9090832
Chicago/Turabian StyleGarcía-Pastor, María E., Pedro J. Zapata, Salvador Castillo, Domingo Martínez-Romero, Daniel Valero, María Serrano, and Fabián Guillén. 2020. "Preharvest Salicylate Treatments Enhance Antioxidant Compounds, Color and Crop Yield in Low Pigmented-Table Grape Cultivars and Preserve Quality Traits during Storage" Antioxidants 9, no. 9: 832. https://doi.org/10.3390/antiox9090832