Abstract
Boric acid (BA) is commercially acceptable and economically feasible material to enhance the shelf life of pears, oranges and other horticultural plants. Here, we investigated the effect of BA on the shelf life and post-harvest quality of table grapes (cv. ‘Kyoho’). The grapes were immersed in a BA solution with different concentrations [0 (as the control), 10, 30, 50 mM] for 10 min and stored at 25 ± 1 °C for 10 days. Compared to the control, the BA treatments maintained higher berry firmness by inhibiting the activity of polygalacturonase (PG) and cellulase. In addition, the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control. The experimental results showed that the post-harvest application of BA effectively delays the senescence of grapes compared with the control, and the 10 mM BA treatment had the most obvious effect.
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Boric acid treatment maintained higher grape berry firmness than control.
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e0“Compared to the control, the BA treatments maintained higher berry firmness by inhibiting the activity of polygalacturonase (PG) and cellulase.”
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Boric acid treatment inhibited polygalacturonase activity in grapes.
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e0“Compared to the control, the BA treatments maintained higher berry firmness by inhibiting the activity of polygalacturonase (PG) and cellulase.”
t0“table grapes (cv. ‘Kyoho’)”
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Boric acid treatment inhibited cellulase activity in grapes.
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e0“Compared to the control, the BA treatments maintained higher berry firmness by inhibiting the activity of polygalacturonase (PG) and cellulase.”
t0“table grapes (cv. ‘Kyoho’)”
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Boric acid treated grapes maintained higher catalase and superoxide dismutase activity than control.
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e0“the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control.”
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Boric acid treatment lowered superoxide anion production rate relative to control.
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e0“the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control.”
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Boric acid treatment lowered malondialdehyde relative to control.
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e0“the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control.”
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Boric acid treatment lowered hydrogen peroxide content relative to control.
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e0“the BA-treated grapes maintained higher antioxidant enzyme activities, such as catalase (CAT) and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and lower metabolic toxic products, like the superoxide anion (O2-) production rate, malondialdehyde (MDA) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) content than the control.”
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Postharvest BA delayed grape senescence relative to control.
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e0“the post-harvest application of BA effectively delays the senescence of grapes compared with the control”
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The 10 mM BA treatment had the most obvious effect on grape senescence.
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e0“the 10 mM BA treatment had the most obvious effect.”
t0“grapes”
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