Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences
Volume/Issue:
Volume 14: Issue s1
Effect of 1-MCP, ethylene absorber and ozone on melon quality during storage
Authors:
Lien Phuong Le Nguyen Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science and Sensory Evaluation, Budapest, Hungary
Biotechnology and Food Technology Institute, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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Vivien Horváth Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science and Sensory Evaluation, Budapest, Hungary

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Mai Sao Dam Biotechnology and Food Technology Institute, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam

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Géza Hitka Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science and Sensory Evaluation, Budapest, Hungary

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Tamás Zsom Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science and Sensory Evaluation, Budapest, Hungary

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Zoltán Kókai Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Department of Postharvest Science and Sensory Evaluation, Budapest, Hungary

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Pages:
101–110
Online Publication Date:
Jul 2018
Publication Date:
01 Jul 2018
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/446.14.2018.s1.10
Keywords:
1-MCP; ethylene absorber; ozone; melon; storage
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This work was aimed to investigate the effect of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), ethylene absorber (EA), ozone alone or in combination on melon quality during storage. Ethylene production, respiration rates, acoustic firmness, surface color, chilling injury, and disease severity of melon were determined. 1-MCP treated fruits and non 1-MCP treated fruits were stored with sachets of ethylene absorber containing KMnO4 or ozone at 0.1 ppm/h during 10 days at 5 °C and subsequent 4 days at 20 °C. Melons treated with 1-MCP were firmer than the rest of the samples during storage. In addition, 1-MCP reduced the yellowing of melon rind compared to other treatments. The combination of 1-MCP and EA did not offer any additional effect in comparison with 1-MCP alone. There was no significant difference between fruits stored with ethylene absorber, ozone and control samples. Ozone treatment during cold storage decreased disease severity, however, fruits exposed to ozone had more serious decay throughout storage at 20 °C, probably due to the unclean air in the chamber.

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Progress in Agricultural Engineering Sciences
Print ISSN:
1786-335X
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Editor(s)-in-Chief: Felföldi, József

Chair of the Editorial Board Szendrő, Péter

Editorial Board

  • Beke, János (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineerin, Gödöllő – Hungary)
  • Fenyvesi, László (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
  • Szendrő, Péter (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
  • Felföldi, József (Szent István University, Faculty of Food Science, Budapest – Hungary)

 

Advisory Board

  • De Baerdemaeker, Josse (KU Leuven, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Leuven - Belgium)
  • Funk, David B. (United States Department of Agriculture | USDA • Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA), Kansas City – USA
  • Geyer, Martin (Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering and Bioeconomy (ATB), Department of Horticultural Engineering, Potsdam - Germany)
  • Janik, József (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)
  • Kutzbach, Heinz D. (Institut für Agrartechnik, Fg. Grundlagen der Agrartechnik, Universität Hohenheim – Germany)
  • Mizrach, Amos (Institute of Agricultural Engineering. ARO, the Volcani Center, Bet Dagan – Israel)
  • Neményi, Miklós (Széchenyi University, Department of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Győr – Hungary)
  • Schulze-Lammers, Peter (University of Bonn, Institute of Agricultural Engineering (ILT), Bonn – Germany)
  • Sitkei, György (University of Sopron, Institute of Wood Engineering, Sopron – Hungary)
  • Sun, Da-Wen (University College Dublin, School of Biosystems and Food Engineering, Agriculture and Food Science, Dublin – Ireland)
  • Tóth, László (Szent István University, Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Gödöllő – Hungary)

Prof. Felföldi, József
Institute: MATE - Hungarian University of Agriculture and Life Sciences, Institute of Food Science and Technology, Department of Measurements and Process Control
Address: 1118 Budapest Somlói út 14-16
E-mail: felfoldi.jozsef@uni-mate.hu

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