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Effect of 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) Treatment on the Quality Characteristics and Pigmentation of Tomato Fruit (Lycopersicon Esculentum Mill.)  

Lee, Youn-Suk (Packaging Department, Yonsei University)
Chung, Dae-Sung (National Institute of Horticultural & Herbal Science)
Harte, Bruce R. (School of Packaging, Michigan State University)
Shin, Joong-Min (Packaging Department, University of Wisconsin-Stout)
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Horticultural Science & Technology / v.28, no.4, 2010 , pp. 600-608 More about this Journal
Abstract
The quality attributes of tomato fruit ($Lycopersicon$ $Esculentum$ Mill.) to treatments with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) were studied. Harvested tomato fruit was treated one time at the initiation of storage or once-a-day during storage with $1{\mu}L/L$ 1-MCP at different storage temperatures, 12, 17, and $23^{\circ}C$. The results showed that both lower temperature and duration of 1-MCP treatment played an important role in ripening of tomato fruit. The once-a-day 1-MCP treatment was presented to be very effective in delaying quality changes of tomato fruit. The amount of chlorophyll and lycopene were measured to assess the impact of 1-MCP and temperature treatments on ripening, using a specific extinction coefficient absorbance technique. Storing tomato fruit at $12^{\circ}C$ resulted in a longer ripening period (color change) than tomato fruit stored at $17^{\circ}C$ and $23^{\circ}C$. 1-MCP treatment was very effective in retarding chlorophyll degradation and lycopene formation in the pericarp tissue of the tomato fruit at the different storage temperatures. The 1-MCP treatments affected the total chlorophyll content in different fruit tissues of the pericarp and placenta. Exposure of tomato fruit to 1-MCP gas at $12^{\circ}C$, using the once-a-day treatment, was highly effective in delaying pigment and color change.
Keywords
chlorophyll; color change; lycopene; postharvest;
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