- Title
- The effect of postharvest UV-C treatment and associated with different storage conditions on the quality of Tahitian limes (Citrus latifolia)
- Creator
- Pristijono, Penta; Bowyer, M. C.; Scarlett, C. J.; Vuong, Q. V.; Stathopoulos, C. E.; Golding, J. B.
- Relation
- Journal of Food and Nutritional Disorders Vol. 6, Issue 4
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.4172/2324-9323.1000230
- Publisher
- SciTechnol
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2017
- Description
- Tahitian limes (Citrus latifolia) were exposed to 0 and 7.2 kJm-2 UV-C. After treatments, then stored for 28 days in air at 20°C, 80% RH (control) and in air containing < 0.005 or 0.1 µL.L-1 ethylene at 20°C and 100% RH. Weight loss, peel colour, calyx abscission, ethylene production, respiration rate, soluble solids content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA) and acceptability index were assessed. The results showed that pre-storage UV-C treatment, followed by different storage conditions significantly affected the quality of limes during storage. UV-C treatment significantly affected peel degreening at 20°C in all storage conditions, whereas treated limes showed significantly slower in peel degrening than the control. These effects reduced over the storage time, with the exception of fruits stored in < 0.005 µL.L-1 ethylene which still produced a significantly higher in Hue value after 21 days storage relative to the control. UV-C treatment affected ethylene production during storage under all storage conditions. This effect also diminished with storage time. UV-C treatment did not affect the respiration rate, SSC or TA for all storage conditions. The UV-C treated limes had higher acceptability index than untreated limes up to 14 days storage at 20°C. Storage conditions significantly affected ethylene production, with limes that stored in air exhibiting higher ethylene production than fruits stored in the < 0.005 or 0.1 µL.L-1 ethylene atmosphere. Storage conditions also significantly affected weight loss, with fruits stored in air showing greater weight loss compared to the other storage conditions. The results suggest that a pre-storage UV-C treatment, followed by storage in less than 0.1 µL.L-1 ethylene atmosphere improves the quality of limes postharvest.
- Subject
- Citrus latifolia; UV-C; quality; ethylene; storage
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1392605
- Identifier
- uon:33431
- Identifier
- ISSN:2324-9323
- Language
- eng
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