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Postharvest application of boric acid on grapes to improve the shelf-life and maintain the quality

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  • Hui-Jie Li

    (College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang P.R. China
    Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, Luoyang, P.R. China)

  • Da-Long Guo

    (College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang P.R. China
    Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, Luoyang, P.R. China)

  • Jia-Bing Jiao

    (College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang P.R. China
    Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, Luoyang, P.R. China)

  • Yi-Man Fang

    (College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang P.R. China
    Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, Luoyang, P.R. China)

  • Yang-Yang Zhang

    (College of Horticulture and Plant Protection, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang P.R. China
    Henan Engineering Technology Research Center of Quality Regulation and Controlling of Horticultural Plants, Luoyang, P.R. China)

Abstract

Boric acid (BA) is commercially acceptable and economically feasible material to enhance the shelf life of pears, oranges and other horticultural plants. Here, we investigated the effect of BA on the shelf life and post-harvest quality of table grapes (cv. 'Kyoho'). The grapes were immersed in a BA solution with different concentrations [0 (as the control), 10, 30, 50 mM] for 10 min and stored at 25 ± 1 °C for 10 days. Compared to the control, the BA treatments maintained higher berry firmness by inhibiting the activity of polygalacturonase (PG) and cellulase. In addition, the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control. The experimental results showed that the post-harvest application of BA effectively delays the senescence of grapes compared with the control, and the 10 mM BA treatment had the most obvious effect.

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  • Hui-Jie Li & Da-Long Guo & Jia-Bing Jiao & Yi-Man Fang & Yang-Yang Zhang, 2023. "Postharvest application of boric acid on grapes to improve the shelf-life and maintain the quality," Horticultural Science, Czech Academy of Agricultural Sciences, vol. 50(3), pages 199-207.
    • Handle: RePEc:caa:jnlhor:v:50:y:2023:i:3:id:73-2022-hortsci
    DOI: 10.17221/73/2022-HORTSCI
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