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Agronomy
Kuo-En Chen, You -Fu Liu, Yu -Chang Liu, Margo Sulistio, Chyi-Chuann Chen, Chun-Ta Wu
Summary: The expression levels of PgACS1 and PgACO2 are significantly lower in the nonclimacteric guava variety 'JJB', leading to the impairment of system-2 ethylene production and resulting in nonclimacteric behavior and long storability in 'JJB' fruits.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Narin Charoenphun, Wiyada Kwanhian Klangbud
Summary: This study analyzed the chemical composition of the unripe pulp, inner peel and seed of durian, and found that they had high total phenolic content and antioxidant capacity. The extracts from the pulp, inner peel and seed of durian showed anti-inflammatory effects on nitric oxide production, and had low cytotoxicity. These findings are important for exploring more durian varieties in Southeast Asia to discover novel nutraceuticals with antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and therapeutic functional food properties.
Article
Plant Sciences
Lalida Sangpong, Gholamreza Khaksar, Pinnapat Pinsorn, Akira Oikawa, Ryosuke Sasaki, Alexander Erban, Mutsumi Watanabe, Karan Wangpaiboon, Takayuki Tohge, Joachim Kopka, Rainer Hoefgen, Kazuki Saito, Supaart Sirikantaramas
Summary: The study found that sucrose content increased during the ripening process of durian, while aspartate decreased. Changes in raffinose-family oligosaccharides were reported for the first time, and most amino acids increased. By transcriptomic analysis, key candidate genes can be identified for further research.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2021)
Article
Plant Sciences
John Vaughan-Hirsch, Dongdong Li, Albert Roig Martinez, Stijn Roden, Jolien Pattyn, Shu Taira, Hitomi Shikano, Yoko Miyama, Yukari Okano, Arnout Voet, Bram van de Poel
Summary: Plants produce the hormone ethylene to regulate developmental processes and stress responses. This study reveals the biological function of an uncharacterized ethylene precursor dipeptide, which can be absorbed and converted to ethylene by Arabidopsis, thus increasing ethylene production levels and inducing ethylene responses.
FRONTIERS IN PLANT SCIENCE
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Chang Xu, Bowei Hao, Gongling Sun, Yuanyuan Mei, Lifang Sun, Yunmei Sun, Yibo Wang, Yongyan Zhang, Wei Zhang, Mengyuan Zhang, Yue Zhang, Dan Wang, Zihe Rao, Xin Li, Qingxi Jeffery Shen, Ning Ning Wang
Summary: Genuine ACSs not only catalyze the conversion of S-adenosyl-methionine to the ethylene precursor ACC, but also widely have C-beta-S lyase activity. Analysis of ACS-like proteins from plants at different evolutionary stages suggests that the ACC-dependent pathway is uniquely developed in seed plants.
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Engineering, Multidisciplinary
Sneha Sharma, K. C. Sumesh, Panmanas Sirisomboon
Summary: This research explored the potential of a pushbroom near infrared hyperspectral imaging system for classifying the ripening stage of durian pulp based on days after anthesis and predicting the dry matter content. Various supervised machine learning classifiers and statistical models were used and compared. The results demonstrate that the system can accurately identify the ripeness of durian, predict the dry matter content, and visualize the spatial distribution of pulp. This approach can be applied in the packaging industry to address issues related to uneven ripening and quality inspection of durian based on dry matter content.
Article
Plant Sciences
Arijit Ghosh, Indraneel Saha, Masayuki Fujita, Subhas Chandra Debnath, Alok Kumar Hazra, Malay Kumar Adak, Mirza Hasanuzzaman
Summary: The application of TiO2-NC coating extends the shelf-life of Capsicum fruit and has positive effects on its morphological, physiological, and molecular attributes.
Article
Ecology
Johannes B. Herpell, Ajtena Alickovic, Bocar Diallo, Florian Schindler, Wolfram Weckwerth
Summary: Plant growth promoting bacteria, such as Paraburkholderia dioscoreae Msb3, can colonize the phyllosphere of tomato plants and promote plant growth by degrading ACC, a precursor of the plant hormone ethylene. The application of ACC deaminase-containing bacteria to the phyllosphere may be a promising strategy for increasing plant stress resistance, pathogen control, and harvest yields.
Article
Agronomy
Pinnapat Pinsorn, Kamonpan Sanachai, Thanyada Rungrotmongkol, Rainer Hoefgen, Mutsumi Watanabe, Franziska Brueckner, Ryo Nakabayashi, Tetsuya Mori, Akira Oikawa, Ryosuke Sasaki, Jeerus Sucharitakul, Kazuki Saito, Supaart Sirikantaramas
Summary: This study focused on the sulfur metabolism in durian fruit and found that sulfur metabolism is activated during ripening. Durian methionine ?-lyase exhibited higher efficiency compared to other plants, and the levels of produced sulfur compounds explained the differences in aroma intensity between different cultivars. Furthermore, the study discovered that ?-glutamylcysteine is the preferred form of sulfur storage in durian pulps.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2023)
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Giulia Costanzo, Ermenegilda Vitale, Maria Rosaria Iesce, Daniele Naviglio, Angela Amoresano, Carolina Fontanarosa, Michele Spinelli, Martina Ciaravolo, Carmen Arena
Summary: This study assessed the potential of waste products of Phlegrean mandarin (Citrus reticulata Blanco), namely seeds and peel, to be reutilized as a source of bioactive compounds for the human diet. The results showed that ripe fruits had the highest concentration of antioxidants, with peel being the richest in various compounds and seeds having the highest concentration of specific compounds. The content of bioactive compounds in citrus varied among different fruit components and depended on the ripening stage.
Article
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Haoting Chen, Songling Bai, Miyako Kusano, Hiroshi Ezura, Ning Wang
Summary: This study investigates the molecular regulation of ethylene biosynthesis and perception during fruit ripening in domesticated and wild tomatoes. The results show that red-ripe tomato fruits have increased ACS enzyme dosage, leading to elevated ethylene production. Furthermore, autocatalytic ethylene production is specific to red-ripe tomato species. Key regulators NOR and RIN are involved in this process, overlapping with increasing ACS enzyme dosage and linking higher ethylene production with spatiotemporal modulation of gene expression in red-ripe tomato species.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR SCIENCES
(2022)
Article
Green & Sustainable Science & Technology
Ratanaporn Leesing, Siraprapha Siwina, Khanittha Fiala
Summary: An integrated biorefinery concept was developed for yeast-based biodiesel production using durian peel as a feedstock. By utilizing different processes, efficient and cost-effective production of yeast lipid and biodiesel from the waste material was achieved, meeting fuel standards.
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Gholamreza Khaksar, Supaart Sirikantaramas
Summary: Research identified 63 ERFs in durian pulps, with 34 showing ripening-associated expression patterns during fruit ripening. These ERFs were classified into three distinct clades, exhibiting different expression patterns during ripening.
Article
Agricultural Engineering
Ajchareeya Manmeen, Prawit Kongjan, Arkom Palamanit, Rattana Jariyaboon
Summary: This study explores the conversion of durian peel into biochar and pyrolysis liquid through slow pyrolysis. By optimizing the pyrolysis temperature, cooling temperature, and holding time, it was found that only the pyrolysis temperature had a significant impact on the yields of biochar and pyrolysis liquid. Higher pyrolysis temperature led to decreased solid product yield but increased pyrolysis liquid yield. The highest yields were achieved at 300℃ and 600℃ of pyrolysis temperature. The economic analysis showed that large-scale pyrolysis utilizing agricultural waste was economically viable, with a high internal project rate of return (IRR) and a short payback period.
INDUSTRIAL CROPS AND PRODUCTS
(2023)
Article
Plant Sciences
Elad Oren, Galil Tzuri, Asaf Dafna, Evan R. Rees, Baoxing Song, Shiri Freilich, Yonatan Elkind, Tal Isaacson, Arthur A. Schaffer, Yaakov Tadmor, Joseph Burger, Edward S. Buckler, Amit Gur
Summary: The earliness and ripening behavior of fruits have a significant impact on fruit quality and preference of growers and consumers. This study focused on melon as a model crop to investigate fruit ripening. By analyzing the genetic variation of Recombinant Inbred Lines (RILs) derived from different melon parental lines, QTLs associated with ethylene emission, fruit firmness, and days to flowering and maturity were identified. The combination of advanced genomic tools, diverse germplasm, and targeted mapping populations proved to be an effective strategy for studying complex horticulturally important traits.
HORTICULTURE RESEARCH
(2022)
Article
Agronomy
Zeyang Bao, Qihang Zhou, Yan Yu, Wei Chen, Zhenfeng Yang, Shifeng Cao, Liyu Shi
Summary: Exogenous melatonin treatment can alleviate the chilling-induced browning in cold-stored peaches by upregulating gene expression and affecting DNA methylation levels to increase phenolic accumulation.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Guolong Li, Zhishu Tang, Zhongxing Song, Xinbo Shi, Changle Liu, Qiang Chen, Hongbo Liu
Summary: This study investigated the accumulation of flavonoids in Chinese sour jujube fruits from five different harvest times using a combined metabolomics and transcriptomics approach. A total of 1539 differentially accumulated metabolites (DAMs) and 11592 differentially expressed genes (DEGs) were identified. The biosynthetic pathways for flavonoids, flavones, and flavanols were significantly enriched. A regulatory network for flavonoids biosynthesis was built and key genes related to flavonoid biosynthesis were identified.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Xuejiao Zhang, Xiaoyuan Zheng, Ruirui Yang, Qihui Wang, Lu Bai, Di Gong, Ye Han, Dov Prusky, Yang Bi
Summary: UV-C radiation promotes flavonoid synthesis in potato tuber wounds during early healing by upregulating the expression and activities of key enzymes and transcription factors involved in the flavonoid synthesis pathway, as well as increasing ABA levels and signaling.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Jiaqi Xiao, Yunyun Xie, Xiangjin Kong, Kuan Peng, Hong Zhu, Yueming Jiang, Hongxia Qu
Summary: The study reveals the positive role of Ca2+ ATPase in litchi energy metabolism and senescence. Higher expression of LcACAs is associated with better storability in litchi cultivars. Additionally, LcACA2 is identified as a target of LcmiR482e and ATP application can downregulate the expression of LcmiR482e, contributing to delayed senescence in litchi.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Asunta Mukami, Bicko Steve Juma, Cecilia Mweu, Richard Oduor, Wilton Mbinda
Summary: This study employed the CRISPR-Cas9 system to mutate genes in cassava, resulting in an extended shelf life of cassava roots and improved yield stability and farmers' income.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Paulo Sergio Gularte, Samara Martins Zanella, Cristiano Andre Steffens, Marceli Buss, Janaiana Catarina da Silva, Willian Coser, Aquidauana Miqueloto, Cassandro Vidal Talamini do Amarante
Summary: This study evaluated the impact of nitric oxide application on fruit quality and anaerobic metabolism products. The results showed that nitric oxide at appropriate concentrations can reduce respiration and ethylene evolution rates, preserve firmness, and reduce metabolite production and decay incidence.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Yiting Li, Sicong You, Shasha Wu, Mengyao Wang, Jin Song, Weijie Lan, Kang Tu, Leiqing Pan
Summary: This study aimed to compare the discrimination ability and detection limit of visible and short-wave near-infrared hyperspectral imaging features and spectral information on early implicit bruised pears. Physical characteristics were more sensitive than chemical parameters for bruised pears during postharvest storage. The changes in spectral variations at specific wavelengths could explain the bruising changes in pears. Discrimination models based on selected spectral variables could effectively identify bruised pear areas, and the combination of imaging features and spectral variables achieved higher discrimination rates.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Yu Du, Mengyue Wang, Mengting Tong, Dengyun Wu, Jianzhou Chu, Xiaoqin Yao
Summary: This study investigated the effects of sucrose, brassinolide (BR), and their combination on the storage quality of kale sprouts. The results showed that the combined treatment improved the growth and development of sprouts, reduced oxidative stress, and inhibited nutrient loss. Furthermore, the combination treatment maintained the antioxidant capacity and nutrient content of kale sprouts.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Zhiwen Hu, Jing Wei, Weimin Zhang, Long Wu, Di Gong, Yue Xiang, Jialiang Liu, Zhengke Zhang
Summary: In this study, the researchers investigated the effect of melatonin (Mel) on the phytotoxicity and residues of the fungicide prochloraz (Pcz) in mango fruit during storage. The results showed that pretreatment with Mel reduced Pcz residues and alleviated phytotoxicity in the fruit. Mel also suppressed Pcz-induced oxidative stress and enhanced the detoxification capacity of the fruit.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Bin Duan, Okwong Oketch Reymick, Zhaoguo Liu, Yun Zhou, Xin Wang, Zhao Feng, Nengguo Tao
Summary: The monoterpene citral can enhance disease resistance and reduce fruit decay in postharvest citrus fruit. It increases the activity of certain enzymes and the content of specific compounds, as well as triggers the accumulation of plant hormones and metabolites. Gene expression analysis reveals that citral upregulates genes involved in the jasmonic acid pathway and phenylpropanoid biosynthesis.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Meiqi Li, Xinhua Zhang, Jiaoqi Li, Maratab Ali, Yuting Wang, Xiuling Liu, Fujun Li, Xiaoan Li
Summary: This research aimed to investigate the potential action mechanism of gamma-aminobutyric acid (GABA) in controlling Botrytis cinerea (B. cinerea) in tomato fruit. The findings showed that GABA treatment effectively reduced the disease incidence and lesion diameter of tomato fruit caused by B. cinerea. GABA triggered defense responses and up-regulated the expression of pathogenesis-related genes, while also inhibiting the expression of ethylene synthesis genes.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Heeduk Oh, Marti Pottorff, Lara Giongo, Charles M. Mainland, Massimo Iorizzo, Penelope Perkins-Veazie
Summary: This study evaluated a large set of blueberry cultivars to understand the relationship between mechanical texture and appearance characteristics at harvest and after storage, and tested multiple statistical models to predict shelf-life. The results showed that fruit characteristics measured at harvest or two weeks post-harvest can predict weight loss, texture change, and fruit wrinkling. These findings provide empirical data that blueberry breeders can use to select cultivars with extended shelf-life.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Haitao Yu, Liuli Song, Jingjing Han, Xiaoyu Yu, Yuzhen Wu, Zhifang Yu
Summary: This study found that H2S treatment can delay the senescence process of postharvest pakchoi by regulating antioxidant system, endogenous H2S and NO metabolism. H2S increased the activities of antioxidant enzymes by up-regulating the expression of enzyme genes, reducing the accumulation of harmful substances. Furthermore, H2S increased the content of cysteine and nitrate in pakchoi by regulating the expression of related genes and enzyme activities, thus slowing down the senescence of pakchoi.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Jasna Mastilovic, Zarko Kevresan, Dragan Kukolj, Renata Kovac, Dragana Ubiparip Samek, Stevan Stankovski, Gordana Ostojic, Marina Deric
Summary: This study analyzes the patent portfolio and trends of sensors in postharvest of fresh produce, providing insights into the development of sensing technologies in this area. China is the leading country in patent applications, and the patent themes include produce sorting and packaging, produce storage, and the development and application of sensors. The findings highlight the significant impact of these technologies on postharvest processes, particularly in quality and safety monitoring. Moreover, they are expected to facilitate the integration of artificial intelligence into postharvest processes, enhancing the coherence and efficiency of supply chains.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)
Article
Agronomy
Gal Nomberg, Gulab Chand Arya, Ekaterina Manasherova, Ofir Marinov, Oded Yarden, Hagai Cohen
Summary: Certain fleshy fruit species form a polyphenolic suberized peridermal skin to seal wounded skin and prevent invasion by pathogenic fungi.
POSTHARVEST BIOLOGY AND TECHNOLOGY
(2024)