Antioxidant response and quality of sunburn Beurré D'Anjou pears (Pyrus communis L.)

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Veröffentlicht in:Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB. - 1991. - 198(2023) vom: 01. Mai, Seite 107703
1. Verfasser: Spera, Nazarena (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Vita, Laura Inés, Civello, Pedro Marcos, Colavita, Graciela María
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2023
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Plant physiology and biochemistry : PPB
Schlagworte:Journal Article Antioxidants Fruit Maturity index Oxidative stress Pear Skin Sun damage Anthocyanins Phenols
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Zusammenfassung:Copyright © 2023 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.
Sunburn is a physiological fruit disorder induced by exposure to excessive solar radiation. This disorder leads to significant losses in the yield of marketable fruits by negatively affecting quality parameters such as maturity and external color of the fruits. The purpose of this work was to characterize the physiological and biochemical aspects related to oxidative metabolism in Beurré D'Anjou pear fruit with different sunburn levels. Fruits were collected and classified into three sunburn levels at harvest: no sunburn (S0), mild sunburn (S1), and moderate sunburn (S2). On sunburned area, the maturity indices were measured on the fruit flesh, while external color, photosynthetic and photoprotective pigments, total phenols, electrolyte leakage, lipid peroxidation, antioxidant capacity and antioxidant enzymatic activities were determined on fruit peel. The hue angle and saturation of peel color of pears with different sunburn levels showed significant reduction with increasing damage. These changes in peel color were associated with a reduction in chlorophyll content and variations in carotenoid and anthocyanin levels. Due to metabolic changes resulting from defense and adaptive responses to high solar radiation, sunburned tissues showed significantly increased firmness, soluble solids content, and starch degradation, and lower acidity compared to undamaged fruits. We observed also increased antioxidant capacity in the peel of S1 and S2 fruit, related to higher phenolic contents and increased SOD and APX activities. Consistent with previous reports in apple, our study demonstrates that sunburn affects pear fruit quality traits and maturity state by enhancing oxidative metabolism
Beschreibung:Date Completed 08.05.2023
Date Revised 08.05.2023
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1873-2690
DOI:10.1016/j.plaphy.2023.107703