1‐Methylcyclopropene: Mode of Action and Relevance in Postharvest Horticulture Research

Schotsmans, Wendy; Prange, Robert K.; Binder, Brad M.

doi:10.1002/9780470593776.ch5

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“…Different techniques are used to extend the shelf life of fruits in different countries. However, in recent years, scientists the world over have used 1-MCP [3,4] and polyamines (PAs) for extending the shelf life of some fruits [5,6]. Polyamines are lowmolecular-weight small aliphatic amines that are used in manipulating a wide range of biological processes in plants and in postharvest management of horticultural crops [7].…”

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“…Polyamines can delay senescence in fruits by inhibiting 1-aminocyclopropane-1-carboxylate (ACC) synthesis [8], which retards the evolution of ethylene, a ripening hormone. Any technique or method which inhibits or reduces the ethylene evolution is regarded as being quite useful for extending the shelf life [3,6]. Thus, use of polyamines can be an effective tool for delaying ripening and fruit softening by inhibiting activities of deteriorative enzymes such as polygalacturonase (PG) and lipoxygenase (LOX), which would increase the shelf life of perishable produce.…”

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Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison

Jhalegar¹,

Sharma²,

Pal³

et al. 2011

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Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa). Abstract-Introduction. Kiwifruit is a typical climacteric fruit, which grows profitably well in sub-temperate climatic conditions. The major problem with kiwifruit is that it does not ripen for about a week at room temperature but after this period there is a sudden rise in the respiration rate and fruits remain in edible condition for only a few days, giving it a very short shelf life in ambient conditions. Materials and methods. Kiwifruits were treated with different concentrations of spermine [(0.5, 1.0 and 1.5) mM] and spermidine [(1.0, 1.5 and 2.0) mM] by the immersion method; biochemical and physiological analyses were carried out, then fruit were stored in ambient conditions for 15 days. Results and discussion. Polyamine-treated fruits did not show any amount of ethylene evolution up to the 6th day of storage as compared with those of control, in which it started after the 3rd day of storage. The respiration rate was also the lowest in treated fruit. Similarly, polygalacturonase and lipoxygenase activities rose rapidly in control fruits in comparison with polyamine-treated fruits. Conclusion. The doses of spermine at 1.5 mM and spermidine at 2.0 mM showed the best results in extending the shelf life of kiwifruits when stored in ambient conditions [(22 ± 4)°C, RH: (65 ± 5)%].

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Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison

Jhalegar¹,

Sharma²,

Pal³

et al. 2011

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“…The impact of 1-MCP on postharvest science and technology is double: 1) it provides the potential to maintain fruit and vegetable quality after harvest, and 2) it represents a powerful tool to gain insight into the fundamental processes that are involved in ripening and senescence (Valero and Serrano, 2010). An excellent review on the relevance of 1-MCP in postharvest horticulture research has been published by Schotsmans et al (2010) and some papers have reported the effects on transcript profiling of treatment with 1-MCP applied in combination or not with the traditional storage protocols and in relation to the evolution of quality parameters/physiological disorders. These studies, based on different technical approach ranging from differential screening of cDNA libraries to mRNA differential display, from microarray hybridizations to RNA sequencing and applied on different climacteric fruit such as banana (Gupta et al, 2006), peach (Ziliotto et al, 2008), apple (Costa et al, 2010), tomato (Tiwari et al, 2011), pointed out common and divergent molecular mechanisms at gene expression level possibly responsible for the different responses to 1-MCP treatments.…”

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Innovations in Storage Technology and Postharvest Science

Tonutti¹

2013

Acta Hortic.

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Novel or improved postharvest technologies have been developed in the last 10-15 years. Some of them (e.g., 1-MCP) are already being used in several storage facilities and commercial applications, others (e.g., DCA) are just targeted for specific horticultural crops, some others are still at a preliminary or pilot-scale level and currently under evaluation. The integration of different treatments and the optimization of already existing protocols, a trend observed for the storage of several commodities, need to be assessed and validated through the combination of basic and applied research with the aim of elucidating metabolic processes and regulatory mechanisms affected by the imposed postharvest conditions. The development of "omics" technologies and the increasing number of horticultural crop genomes that have been sequenced and annotated are facilitating this new approach in postharvest science. Information and descriptions of storage-related processes at the level of transcripts, proteins and metabolites are starting to be available concerning the responses to low temperature storage including the different aptitudes to develop chilling injuries. Similarly, the biological basis of the effects of hypoxic conditions on the maintenance of quality and the onset of the related physiological disorders (superficial scald, browning) are going to be elucidated by means of integrated and systemic approaches.

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“…Peach fruit belongs to a typical climacteric fruit. As fruit ripening progresses, an increase in ethylene and carbon dioxide production, disappearance of greenish background of the fruit and concurrent increase in skin color development, and loss in firmness are manifested within a couple of weeks (Fan et al, 2002;Barry and Giovannoni, 2007;Schotsmans et al, 2009;Chun et al, 2010). Among these changes, ethylene evolution plays a critical role in the ripening process of peach fruit.…”

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Effects of Hydrocooling and 1-MCP Treatment on the Quality Changes of Peach Fruit during Storage

Pervitasari,

Kim,

Cho

et al. 2021

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1‐Methylcyclopropene: Mode of Action and Relevance in Postharvest Horticulture Research

Cited by 21 publications

References 226 publications

Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison

Effect of postharvest treatments with polyamines on physiological and biochemical attributes of kiwifruit (Actinidia deliciosa) cv. Allison

Innovations in Storage Technology and Postharvest Science

Effects of Hydrocooling and 1-MCP Treatment on the Quality Changes of Peach Fruit during Storage

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