Antifungal Packaging Film to Maintain Quality and Control Postharvest Diseases in Strawberries
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Film Formulation and Packaging Materials
2.2. Plant Material and Storage Conditions
2.3. Microbiological Analysis
2.4. Respiration Rate
2.5. Fruit Firmness
2.6. Fruit surface Color
2.7. Titratable Acidity
2.8. Soluble solids Content
2.9. Antioxidant Capacity
2.10. Experimental Design and Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Microbial Analysis
3.2. Respiration Rate and Fruit Firmness
3.3. Fruit Surface Color, Titratable Acidity and SSC
3.4. Antioxidant Capacity
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Day | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 10 |
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3 °C | ||||||
% Titratable Acidity | ||||||
Treatment | 0.65 ± 0.04 | 0.69 ± 0.04 | 0.69 ± 0.04 | 0.70 ± 0.04 | 0.58 ± 0.05 | 0.66 ± 0.06 |
Control | 0.65 ± 0.04 | 0.68 ± 0.03 | 0.68 ± 0.05 | 0.68 ± 0.04 | 0.51 ± 0.06 | 0.63 ± 0.07 |
Soluble Solid Content (°Brix) | ||||||
Treatment | 7.33 ± 0.45 | 7.41 ± 0.68 | 8.03 ± 0.73 | 6.57 ± 0.60 | 6.37 ± 0.58 | 6.61 ± 0.73 |
Control | 7.33 ± 0.45 | 7.78 ± 0.82 | 8.66 ± 0.66 | 7.13 ± 0.75 | 5.17 ± 0.62 | 7.11 ± 0.13 |
12 °C | ||||||
% Titratable Acidity | ||||||
Treatment | 0.65 ± 0.04 | 0.64 ± 0.04 | 0.64 ± 0.03 | 0.50 ± 0.04 | - | - |
Control | 0.65 ± 0.04 | 0.68 ± 0.05 | 0.66 ± 0.04 | 0.54 ± 0.06 | - | - |
Soluble Solid Content (°Brix) | ||||||
Treatment | 7.33 ± 0.61 | 6.77 ± 0.62 | 6.97 ± 0.78 | 5.91 ± 0.55 | - | - |
Control | 7.33 ± 0.61 | 7.27 ± 0.49 | 6.63 ± 0.72 | 6.73 ± 0.45 | - | - |
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Trinetta, V.; McDaniel, A.; G. Batziakas, K.; Yucel, U.; Nwadike, L.; Pliakoni, E. Antifungal Packaging Film to Maintain Quality and Control Postharvest Diseases in Strawberries. Antibiotics 2020, 9, 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090618
Trinetta V, McDaniel A, G. Batziakas K, Yucel U, Nwadike L, Pliakoni E. Antifungal Packaging Film to Maintain Quality and Control Postharvest Diseases in Strawberries. Antibiotics. 2020; 9(9):618. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090618
Chicago/Turabian StyleTrinetta, Valentina, Austin McDaniel, Konstantinos G. Batziakas, Umut Yucel, Londa Nwadike, and Eleni Pliakoni. 2020. "Antifungal Packaging Film to Maintain Quality and Control Postharvest Diseases in Strawberries" Antibiotics 9, no. 9: 618. https://doi.org/10.3390/antibiotics9090618