Influence of Ripening Stage at Harvest on Chilling Injury Symptoms of Persimmon cv. Rojo Brillante Stored at Different Temperatures

Abstract

Changes in the quality during storage of persimmon fruits cv. Rojo Brillante harvested at two different maturity stages were studied. Early and late harvested fruit were stored at 1°C or 15°C for different periods of time. Harvest time had a relevant influence on chilling injury (CI) sensitiveness, since CI symptoms were found in fruits stored at 1°C only when they were early harvested. The most important CI manifestation was a drastic decrease of firmness that occurred when fruit were transferred from cold storage to 20°C. Other observed CI symptoms were internal browning, darkness of the skin, flesh structural changes, and increase of ethylene and CO₂ production. Harvest date had also a considerable effect on the storage at 15°C, in this way, late harvested fruits maintained good quality for more time than early harvested ones.

Keywords

persimmon harvest time storage chilling injury

Get full access to this article

View all access options for this article.

References

Abdi N. , Holford P. and McGlasson W.B. (1997). Effects of harvest maturity on the storage life of Japanese type plums . Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture 37(3): 391-397 .

Arnal L. and Del Río M.A. (2003). Removing astringency by carbon dioxide and nitrogen-enriched atmospheres in persimmon fruit cv. 'Rojo brillante' . Journal of Food Science 68(4): 1516-1518 .

Arnal L. and Del Río M.A. (2004a). Effect of cold storage and removal astringency on quality of persimmon fruit (Diospyros kaki, L.) cv. 'Rojo brillante' . Food Science and Technology International 10(3): 179-185 .

Arnal L. and Del Río M.A. (2004b). Quality of persimmon fruit cv. 'Rojo Brillante' during storage at different temperatures . Spanish Journal of Agricultural Research 2(2): 243-247 .

Collins R.J. and Tisdell J.S. (1995). The influence of storage time and temperature on CI in 'Fuyu' and 'Suruga' persimmon (Diospyros kaki L.) grown in sub-tropical Australia . Postharvest Biology and Technology 6(1, 2): 149-157 .

Gorini F.L. and Testoni A. (1988). Maturazione, raccolta, conservazione e transformazione dei frutti del kaki . Agricoltura e Ricerca 95: 81-88 .

Hansen M. (1997). New process extends storage life of peaches. http://www.goodfruit.com/link/Nov-97/special12.html.

Jiménez-Cuesta M. , Cuquerella J. and Martínez-Jávega, J.M. (1981). Determination of a color index for citrus fruit degreening . Proceedings of International Society of Citriculture 2: 750-753 .

Kader A.A. (ed.) (1992). Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops. Oakland, California: Division of Agriculture and Natural Resources. University of California .

10.

Ke D. and Kader A. (1990). Tolerance of 'Valencia' oranges to controlled atmospheres as determined by physiological responses and quality attributes . Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 115: 779-783 .

11.

Levin A. , Lurie S. , Zutkhi Y. , Ben-Arie R. , Gerasopoulos D. , Olympios Ch. and Pasma H. (1995). Physiological effects of controlled atmosphere storage on 'Fiesta Red' nectarines . Acta Horticulturae 379: 121-127 .

12.

Majeed-Mohammed and Brecht J.K. (2002). Reduction of chilling injury in 'Tommy Atkins' mangoes during ripening . Scientia Horticulturae 95 (4): 297-308 .

13.

Martínez-Jávega J.M. , Mateos M. and Navarro P. (1991). Influencia de la temperatura de conservación y condiciones de almacenamiento en la calidad final de la mandarina Nova . In: Proceedings III Congreso Mundial de Tecnología de Alimentos, Barcelona 1991, p. 62 .

14.

Medlicott A.P. , Sigrist J.M.M. and Sy O. (1990). Ripening of mangos following low-temperature storage . Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science 115(3): 430-434 .

15.

Pesis E. , Ackerman M. , Ben-Arie R. , Feygenberg O. , Feng X.Q. , Apelbaum A. , Goren R. and Prusky D. (2002). Ethylene involvement in chilling injury symptoms of avocado during cold storage . Postharvest Biology and Technology 24: 171-181 .

16.

Ragazzini D. (1985). El kaki. Madrid: Mundi Prensa, pp. 121-127.

17.

Salvador A. , Arnal L. , Monterde A. and Cuquerella J. (2004). Reduction of chilling injury symptoms in persimmon fruit cv. 'Rojo brillante' by 1-MCP . Postharvest Biology and Technology 33: 285-291 .

18.

Salvador A. , Cuquerella J. and Martínez-Jávega J.M. (2003). 1-MCP treatment prolongs postharvest life of 'Santa Rosa' plums . Journal of Food Science 68: 1504-1510 .

19.

Selvarajah S. , Bauchot A.D. and John P. (2001). Internal browning in cold-stored pineapples is suppressed by a postharvest application of 1-methylcyclopropene . Postharvest Biology and Technology 23: 167-170 .

20.

Schirra M. , Agabbio M. and D'hallewin G. (1998). Chilling response of grapefruit as affected by cultivar and harvest date . Advances in Horticultural Science 12(3): 118-122 .

21.

Skog L.J. (1998). Chilling injury of horticultural crops. Factsheet. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. http://www.gov.on.ca/OMAFRA/english/crops/facts/98-021.htm. Accessed 7 July 2005.

22.

Woolf A.B. , Ball S. , Spooner K.J. , Lay-Yee, M. , Ferguson I.B. , Watkins C.B. , Gunson A. and Forbes S.K. (1997). Reduction of chilling injury in the sweet persimmon 'Fuyu' during storage by dry air heat treatments . Postharvest Biology and Technology 11(3): 155-164 .