Improved functional and nutritional properties of tomato fruit during cold storage

Alenazi, Mekhled Mutiran; Shafiq, M. Najeeb; Alsadon, Abdullah A.; Al-Helal, I.M.; Alhamdan, Abdullah M.; Solieman, Talaat H. I.; Ibrahim, Ahmed A.; Shady, Mohamed; Al-Selwey, Wadei A.

doi:10.1016/j.sjbs.2020.03.026

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“…Consequently, the currently available cultivars are characterized by better functional profile than the past [20], wide compositional variability [21] and rapid temporal turnovers. Such diversification and dynamism represent a challenging task to optimize the product management along the distribution chain, since postharvest quality modifications are strongly affected by both storage conditions and genotype [22]. Hence, to address the growing demands for tomatoes with high quality and functional profiles, it is appropriate to in-depth the knowledge about whole patterns of change in these properties, as a function of the storage conditions applied to the emerging germplasm.…”

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Effects of Genotype, Storage Temperature and Time on Quality and Compositional Traits of Cherry Tomato

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Arena

Mauro

et al. 2020

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The experiment addressed the effects of two storage temperatures, namely 10 (T10) and 20 °C (T20), on main quality and functional traits of three cherry tomato cultivars (‘Eletta’, ‘Sugarland’ and ‘Ottymo’), after 0 (S0), 7 (S7) and 14 (S14) days of storage. At T10 both fruit weight and firmness were better retained during storage. At S14, T10 promoted fruit Chroma and overall fruit color deviation (ΔE*ab). Total polyphenols content (TPC) of fruits peaked at S7 (4660 mg GAE kg−1 DW) then declined at S14 (by 16%), with the highest values recorded at T10. Lycopene showed a similar trend, but with a higher average concentration recorded at T20 (488 mg kg−1 DW). β-carotene content peaked at S14, irrespective of the storage temperature. At S14, the concentrations of phytoene and phytofluene were higher at T20 (48.3 and 40.9 mg kg−1 DW, respectively), but the opposite was found at S7. ‘Sugarland’ and ‘Ottymo’ showed the highest ΔE*ab along storage, with the former cultivar proving the highest TPC and lycopene content, whereas ‘Eletta’ did so for phytoene and phytofluene. Our results suggest that unravelling the possible functional interactions among these three carotenoids would allow for a better orientation of breeding programs, targeting the phytochemical evolution of tomatoes during refrigerated storage.

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Effects of Genotype, Storage Temperature and Time on Quality and Compositional Traits of Cherry Tomato

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Arena

Mauro

et al. 2020

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“…Previously, Alenazi et al (2020) investigated the status of dietary antioxidants of tomato fruit during maturity stages. They reported that the highest contents of ascorbic acid, phenolic compounds, and flavonoids were between the (PK) and (LR) stages.…”

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Non-destructive assessment of flesh firmness and dietary antioxidants of greenhouse-grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) at different fruit maturity stages

Alenazi

Shafiq

Alsadon

et al. 2020

Saudi Journal of Biological Sciences

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Non-destructive methods have been widely recognized for evaluating fruit quality traits of many horticultural crops and food processing industry. Destructive (analytical) test, and non-destructive evaluation of the quality traits were investigated and compared for ‘Red Rose’ tomato ( Solanum lycopersicum L.) fruit grown under protected environment. Fresh tomato fruit at five distinctive maturity stages namely; breaker (BK), turning (TG), pink (PK), light-red (LR), and red (RD) were labeled and scanned using the handheld near infra-red (NIR) enhanced spectrometer at a wavelength range of 285–1200 nm. The labeled tomato samples were then measured analytically for flesh firmness, lycopene, β-carotene, total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoids content (TFC). The results revealed that quality traits could be estimated using NIR spectroscopy with a relatively high coefficient of determination (R 2 ): 0.834 for total phenolic content, 0.864 for lycopene, 0.790 for total flavonoid content, 0.708 for β-carotene; and 0.679 for flesh firmness. The accumulation of Lyco and β-Car rapidly increased in tomatoes harvested between the TG and the LR maturity stages. Harvesting tomatoes at BK maturity stage resulted in significantly higher flesh firmness than harvesting at the later maturity stages. Tomato fruits had the lowest TPC and TFC contents at the earliest maturity stage (BK), while they had intermediate TPC and TFC levels at LR and RD maturity stages. NIR spectroscopic measurements of fruit firmness and lipophilic antioxidants in tomato fruit at various maturity stages were partially in accordance with those estimated by destructive (analytical) methods. Based on these findings, we recommend using non-destructive NIR spectroscopy as an effective tool for predicting tomato fruit quality during harvest stage and postharvest processing.

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“…Tomato is one of the most important vegetable crops in the world [ 44 ]. However, its resistance to abiotic stress is relatively weak [ 45 ]. When tomatoes are grown in cold or drought conditions, the growth and development of tomato will be seriously affected, and even lead to death [ 46 ].…”

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Molecular Characterization, Gene Evolution and Expression Analysis of the F-Box Gene Family in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

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Qiu

et al. 2021

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F-box genes play an important role in the growth and development of plants, but there are few studies on its role in a plant’s response to abiotic stresses. In order to further study the functions of F-box genes in tomato (Solanum lycopersicum, Sl), a total of 139 F-box genes were identified in the whole genome of tomato using bioinformatics methods, and the basic information, transcript structure, conserved motif, cis-elements, chromosomal location, gene evolution, phylogenetic relationship, expression patterns and the expression under cold stress, drought stress, jasmonic acid (JA) treatment and salicylic acid (SA) treatment were analyzed. The results showed that SlFBX genes were distributed on 12 chromosomes of tomato and were prone to TD (tandem duplication) at the ends of chromosomes. WGD (whole genome duplication), TD, PD (proximal duplication) and TRD (transposed duplication) modes seem play an important role in the expansion and evolution of tomato SlFBX genes. The most recent divergence occurred 1.3042 million years ago, between SlFBX89 and SlFBX103. The cis-elements in SlFBX genes’ promoter regions were mainly responded to phytohormone and abiotic stress. Expression analysis based on transcriptome data and qRT-PCR (Real-time quantitative PCR) analysis of SlFBX genes showed that most SlFBX genes were differentially expressed under abiotic stress. SlFBX24 was significantly up-regulated at 12 h under cold stress. This study reported the SlFBX gene family of tomato for the first time, providing a theoretical basis for the detailed study of SlFBX genes in the future, especially the function of SlFBX genes under abiotic stress.

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Improved functional and nutritional properties of tomato fruit during cold storage

Cited by 48 publications

References 43 publications

Effects of Genotype, Storage Temperature and Time on Quality and Compositional Traits of Cherry Tomato

Effects of Genotype, Storage Temperature and Time on Quality and Compositional Traits of Cherry Tomato

Non-destructive assessment of flesh firmness and dietary antioxidants of greenhouse-grown tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) at different fruit maturity stages

Molecular Characterization, Gene Evolution and Expression Analysis of the F-Box Gene Family in Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)

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