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1- Ph.D. student Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
2- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran. ,rastegarhort@gmail.com
3- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
2- Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of Agriculture and Natural Resources, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran. ,
3- Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran
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Mexican limes have a limited shelf life due to color changes and reduced freshness. This study evaluated the effects of melatonin (ML) and pomegranate seed oil (PSO) on maintaining postharvest quality at 20 ± 2°C and 50-60% relative humidity. The results showed that melatonin at 100 µM+PSO and 200 µM+PSO exhibited the highest overall fruit acceptability. The control group displayed the most weight loss (20.8%), while PSO demonstrated the least (12.5%). With the exception of the PSO treatment, all other treatments exhibited significantly elevated levels of phenols, flavonoids, and antioxidants. The PSO and control treatments demonstrated the lowest catalase (69 U/g FW) and peroxidase (53.5 U/g FW) activities, while the highest polyphenol oxidase activity (99.6 U/g FW) was also observed in these groups. The control and PSO treatments also exhibited the highest total soluble solids (TSS) content (8.2%) and the lowest acidity (8.5%). Overall, most traits exhibited significant differences between the treatment groups and the control, excluding the PSO treatment.
Keywords Citrus, Postharvest quality, Shelf life, Antioxidant.
Keywords Citrus, Postharvest quality, Shelf life, Antioxidant.
Article Type: Original Research |
Subject:
Postharvest Horticulture
Received: 2024/07/7 | Accepted: 2024/01/11
Received: 2024/07/7 | Accepted: 2024/01/11
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