The Simultaneous Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Methyl Jasmonate Vapor as an Innovative Strategy for Reducing Chilling Injury and Maintaining Pomegranate Fruit Quality at Suboptimal Temperatures
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Fruit Material and Postharvest Treatments
2.2. Postharvest Quality Parameters
2.3. Bioactive Compounds
2.4. Membrane Permeability and Cold Damage
2.5. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Respiration Rate, Weight Loss, and Fruit Firmness Evolution
3.2. Pomegranate External and Internal Color
3.3. Total Soluble Solids (TSS) and Titratable Acidity (TA)
3.4. Effect of Postharvest Treatments on Total Bioactive Compounds
3.5. Membrane Permeability (MDA Content and EL) and Chilling Injury (CI)
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Lorente-Mento, J.M.; Serrano, M.; Martínez-Romero, D.; Ruiz-Aracil, M.C.; Valero, D.; Guillén, F. The Simultaneous Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Methyl Jasmonate Vapor as an Innovative Strategy for Reducing Chilling Injury and Maintaining Pomegranate Fruit Quality at Suboptimal Temperatures. Foods 2024, 13, 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13010060
Lorente-Mento JM, Serrano M, Martínez-Romero D, Ruiz-Aracil MC, Valero D, Guillén F. The Simultaneous Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Methyl Jasmonate Vapor as an Innovative Strategy for Reducing Chilling Injury and Maintaining Pomegranate Fruit Quality at Suboptimal Temperatures. Foods. 2024; 13(1):60. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13010060
Chicago/Turabian StyleLorente-Mento, José Manuel, María Serrano, Domingo Martínez-Romero, María Celeste Ruiz-Aracil, Daniel Valero, and Fabián Guillén. 2024. "The Simultaneous Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Methyl Jasmonate Vapor as an Innovative Strategy for Reducing Chilling Injury and Maintaining Pomegranate Fruit Quality at Suboptimal Temperatures" Foods 13, no. 1: 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13010060
APA StyleLorente-Mento, J. M., Serrano, M., Martínez-Romero, D., Ruiz-Aracil, M. C., Valero, D., & Guillén, F. (2024). The Simultaneous Use of 1-Methylcyclopropene and Methyl Jasmonate Vapor as an Innovative Strategy for Reducing Chilling Injury and Maintaining Pomegranate Fruit Quality at Suboptimal Temperatures. Foods, 13(1), 60. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13010060