Influence of the storage temperature on volatile emission, carotenoid content and chilling injury development in Star Ruby red grapefruit
2019
Lado, Joanna | Gurrea, Arantxa | Zacarías, Lorenzo | Rodrigo, María Jesús | Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España) | European Commission | Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
Grapefruits are sensitive to develop chilling injury (CI) on the peel upon postharvest storage at low temperature. We investigated the influence of the storage at 2 and 12 °C on CI, carotenoids, and emission of volatiles by intact fruit. CI symptoms at 12 °C were restricted to green fruit peel sectors but at 2 °C the CI severity was higher and distributed through the whole fruit surface. Fruit peel coloration and carotenes content increased at 12 °C whereas experienced minor changes at 2 °C. At 2 °C the emission of total volatiles and specific monoterpenes, mainly limonene, but also linalool and α-terpineol was enhanced, while storage at 12 °C resulted in higher emission and diversity of cyclic sesquiterpenes and aliphatic esters. Results indicate a selective emission of volatiles by intact red grapefruit that appears to be a specific response to the storage temperature or to the cold-induced damage.
Show more [+] Less [-]This work was supported by Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad, Spain (research grants AGL2012-34573 and AGL2015-70218). The use of the Citrus Germoplasm Bank (IVIA, Moncada, Spain) is gratefully acknowledged. J. Lado was the recipient of a JAE-Predoc (CSIC-FSE) pre-doctoral contract. MJR and LZ are members of Eurocaroten (COST_Action CA15136) and CaRed (Spanish Carotenoid Network, BIO2017-90877-REDT).
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