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Essential oils for the postharvest control of blue mold and quality of 'Fuji' apples
- Source :
- Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira v.53 n.5 2018, Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (Embrapa), instacron:EMBRAPA, Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira, Vol 53, Iss 5, Pp 547-556 (2018)
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- FapUNIFESP (SciELO), 2018.
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Abstract
- The objective of this work was to evaluate the effect of rosemary, cinnamon, citronella grass, and clove essential oils on the in vitro growth of Penicillium expansum, on the diameter of blue mold lesions, and on the physical and chemical attributes of 'Fuji' apples stored under refrigeration for different periods of time. The compositions of the essential oils were determined, and their effects on the growth inhibition, number, and viability of fungal spores in vitro were evaluated at 0, 100, and 1,000 μL L-1 oil concentrations. At postharvest, evaluations were performed for fruit treated with 0, 50, 100, and 500 μL L-1 essential oil and kept under refrigeration for 30 days, and for fruit treated with 0, 100, and 500 μL L-1 oil and kept under refrigeration for two days. The essential oils - eucalyptol (rosemary), eugenol (cinnamon), citronellal (citronella), and eugenol (clove) - reduce the growth, number, and viability of P. expansum spores 24 hours after the induction to germination, as well as the diameter of blue mold lesions in apples, except for citronella oil at 500 μL L-1 after 30 days of cold storage. There are no changes in the physicochemical attributes of apples, treated with different concentrations of the oils after refrigeration for five months, followed by seven days at room temperature.
- Subjects :
- 0106 biological sciences
Agriculture (General)
Cold storage
01 natural sciences
S1-972
law.invention
chemistry.chemical_compound
law
Penicillium expansum
Essential oil
Citronella oil
biology
Chemistry
Blue mold
biology.organism_classification
0104 chemical sciences
Eugenol
010404 medicinal & biomolecular chemistry
Horticulture
Eucalyptol
Malus domestica
fruit rot
Citronellal
Rosmarinus officinalis
Animal Science and Zoology
Agronomy and Crop Science
010606 plant biology & botany
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 16783921 and 0100204X
- Volume :
- 53
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Pesquisa Agropecuária Brasileira
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....6ba0c5a14191a84d415df45b437129d0