Abstract
Low-temperature conditioning (LTC) has been reported to effectively control post-harvest chilling injury (CI). Conspicuously, it has not been widely adopted by the industry. This is in part related to an incomplete understanding of the factors governing the treatment's efficacy and consistency along genotypes and maturities. Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI. Purple eggplants showed a strong increase in chilling susceptibility between the baby and large maturity stages. In contrast, striped fruit evidenced no major changes in chilling susceptibility along maturation. Susceptible purple large eggplants benefited far more from LTC than baby fruit. Prestorage LTC not only controlled surface scaled development but also decreased pulp softening and browning. In addition, it substantially improved phenolic antioxidants, anthocyanin, and chlorogenic acid retention during storage at 4°C. Overall, results show, for the first time, that the efficacy of LTC in eggplant is deeply affected by the fruit's genotype and maturity. Low-temperature conditioning may be a valuable tool to improve the storage compatibility of commercial eggplant batches having different chilling injury sensitivity.
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Claims 8
Claim · model-written summary
Purple eggplants showed a strong increase in chilling susceptibility between the baby and large maturity stages.
- Taxon
- eggplant
Solanum melongenae1 - Material
- Purplee1
- Organ / stage
- baby and large maturity stagese1
- Outcome
- chilling susceptibilitye1
- Direction
- increasee1
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Verbatim
e1“Purple eggplants showed a strong increase in chilling susceptibility between the baby and large maturity stages”
Claim · model-written summary
Striped fruit showed no major change in chilling susceptibility along maturation.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Material
- striped fruite2
- Outcome
- chilling susceptibilitye2
- Direction
- no major changese2
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI”
e2“In contrast, striped fruit evidenced no major changes in chilling susceptibility along maturation”
Claim · model-written summary
LTC benefited susceptible purple large eggplants far more than baby fruit.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae3
- Material
- purplee3
- Treatment
- LTC (10°C for 2 days)e0
- Outcome
- benefite3
- Direction
- far moree3
- Comparator
- baby fruite3
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI”
e3“Susceptible purple large eggplants benefited far more from LTC than baby fruit”
Claim · model-written summary
Prestorage LTC controlled surface scald development in eggplant.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- Prestorage LTCe4
- Outcome
- surface scaled developmente4
- Direction
- controllede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI”
e4“Prestorage LTC not only controlled surface scaled development but also decreased pulp softening and browning”
Claim · model-written summary
Prestorage LTC decreased pulp softening and browning in eggplant.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- Prestorage LTCe4
- Outcome
- pulp softening and browninge4
- Direction
- decreasede4
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI”
e4“Prestorage LTC not only controlled surface scaled development but also decreased pulp softening and browning”
Claim · model-written summary
LTC improved phenolic antioxidants, anthocyanin and chlorogenic acid retention in eggplant during storage at 4°C.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae0
- Treatment
- LTCe4
- Outcome
- phenolic antioxidants, anthocyanin, and chlorogenic acid retentione5
- Direction
- improvede5
- Setting
- storage at 4°Ce5
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Herein, we evaluated the effect of fruit type (striped and purple) and harvest maturity (baby and large) on the effectiveness of LTC (10°C for 2 days) to control eggplant CI”
e4“Prestorage LTC not only controlled surface scaled development but also decreased pulp softening and browning”
e5“In addition, it substantially improved phenolic antioxidants, anthocyanin, and chlorogenic acid retention during storage at 4°C”
Claim · model-written summary
The efficacy of LTC in eggplant is affected by fruit genotype and maturity (direction not stated).
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae6
- Material
- genotypee6
- Organ / stage
- maturitye6
- Treatment
- LTCe6
- Outcome
- efficacy of LTCe6
Not reportedDirection
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Verbatim
e6“Overall, results show, for the first time, that the efficacy of LTC in eggplant is deeply affected by the fruit's genotype and maturity”
Claim · model-written summary
Low-temperature conditioning may be a valuable tool to improve storage compatibility of commercial eggplant batches with different chilling injury sensitivity.
- Taxon
- eggplantSolanum melongenae7
- Treatment
- Low-temperature conditioninge7
- Outcome
- storage compatibilitye7
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e7“Low-temperature conditioning may be a valuable tool to improve the storage compatibility of commercial eggplant batches having different chilling injury sensitivity”
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