- Title
- An alternative method to maintain the quality of cucumbers with pre-storage UV-C treatment
- Creator
- Pristijono, P.; Bowyer, M. C.; Golding, J. B.
- Relation
- VI International Symposium on Cucurbits. Proceddings of VI International Symposium on Cucurbits (Ghent, Belgium 30 June, 2019 - 04 July, 2019) p. 127-134
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2020.1294.16
- Publisher
- International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)
- Resource Type
- conference paper
- Date
- 2020
- Description
- Postharvest UV-C treatment (180-280 nm) has been shown to reduce pathogen growth, delay the ripening and senescence in a range of fresh fruits and vegetables. Freshly harvested cucumbers (Cucumis sativus L.) were exposed to UV-C lights at four different intensities at 20°C then stored for up to 12 days at 20°C and 90% RH. Fruit quality was assessed at 3 day intervals. The results showed that fruits exposed to any postharvest UV-C treatment had significantly lower levels of postharvest flesh rots and this UV-C treatment effect was dose dependent. UV-C treatment also affected fruit respiration rate, color and chlorophyll content with the highest UV-C dosage having the largest effect on respiration rate, skin color and chlorophyll content. UV-C treatment had no significant impact on weight loss and fruit firmness during storage. Untreated fruits had the lowest acceptability compared to other treatments. These results suggest that pre-storage of UV-C treatments have the potential to reduce the incidence of decay and improve acceptability of cucumbers at 20°C storage.
- Subject
- storage; postharvest; flesh rots; color; firmness
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1453700
- Identifier
- uon:44711
- Identifier
- ISBN:9789462612730
- Language
- eng
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