Abstract
In the postharvest stage, taste and flavor are the key components of the marketability of tomato. Therefore, greater emphasis is now being placed on improving traits such as sugar content. In this study postharvest ultraviolet-B (UV-B) treatments on sugar, total soluble solids, and color of tomatoes harvested at different stages were investigated. Tomatoes harvested at turning, pink, and red stages were treated with two different doses of UV-B irradiation: UVB4 and UVB8. Color L* and hue angle values of tomatoes treated with UV-B were found to be high, which means the red color of tomatoes was improved. UVB4 treatments increased the color a* and saturation index values of tomatoes at pink and red harvest stage, although it did not affect at the turning stage. Additionally, UV-B irradiation treatments had no effect on sucrose content of the tomatoes. Fructose, glucose, and TSS content of tomatoes treated with UVB8 at red harvest stage were found to be high. Hence, the results obtained from this study are of great importance in terms of providing an increase in the amount of sugar without the need for breeding, and also consumer satisfaction.
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Claim · model-written summary
UV-B treated tomatoes had high color L* and hue angle values.
- Taxon
- tomato
Solanum lycopersicumt0 - Treatment
- UV-Be0
- Outcome
- Color L* and hue angle valuese0
- Direction
- highe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Color L* and hue angle values of tomatoes treated with UV-B were found to be high”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L. cv. Tayfun F1)”
Claim · model-written summary
UVB4 increased color a* and saturation at pink and red harvest stages.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- pink and red harvest stagee0
- Treatment
- UVB4e0
- Outcome
- color a* and saturation index valuese0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“UVB4 treatments increased the color a* and saturation index values of tomatoes at pink and red harvest stage”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L. cv. Tayfun F1)”
Claim · model-written summary
UVB4 did not affect those color indices at turning stage.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- turning stagee0
- Outcome
- color a* and saturation index valuese1
- Direction
- did not affecte0
Not reportedTreatmentComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“although it did not affect at the turning stage.”
e1“the color a* and saturation index values of tomatoes”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L. cv. Tayfun F1)”
Claim · model-written summary
UV-B did not affect tomato sucrose content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- UV-B irradiation treatmentse0
- Outcome
- sucrose contente0
- Direction
- no effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“UV-B irradiation treatments had no effect on sucrose content of the tomatoes.”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L. cv. Tayfun F1)”
Claim · model-written summary
UVB8 treated red-stage tomatoes had high fructose, glucose and TSS content.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Organ / stage
- red harvest stagee0
- Treatment
- UVB8e0
- Outcome
- Fructose, glucose, and TSS contente0
- Direction
- highe0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fructose, glucose, and TSS content of tomatoes treated with UVB8 at red harvest stage were found to be high.”
t0“tomato (Solanum lycopersicon L. cv. Tayfun F1)”
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