Paper · 2014 · HortScience

Effect of Temperature on Anthocyanin Synthesis and Ethylene Production in the Fruit of Early- and Medium-maturing Apple Cultivars during Ripening Stages

Chikako Honda; Hideo Bessho; Mari Murai; et al.

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of temperature treatments on anthocyanin accumulation and ethylene production in the fruit of early- and medium-maturing cultivars that were harvested early during fruit ripening. We first investigated the effects of various temperature treatments on anthocyanin accumulation in detached apples of ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, ‘Akane’ and ‘Akibae’ using an incubator. Three years of experiments demonstrated that at harvest, the lower-temperature treatments induced anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’ fruits, whereas the increases in anthocyanin accumulation under the 25 °C treatment were similar to those under the 15 and 20 °C treatments in ‘Akane’ fruit. The rate of ethylene production did not increase substantially during the temperature treatments in any of the four cultivars, except after the treatments of ‘Tsugaru’ fruit at harvest. The inhibition of ethylene action by the application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) to detached fruits at harvest suppressed anthocyanin development under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatments in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’, but not in ‘Akane’. In the second experiment, we investigated changes in the anthocyanin concentration in attached fruit of ‘Misuzu Tsugaru’ under different temperature conditions in a greenhouse. At harvest, the anthocyanin concentration in fruit under the hotter climatic condition (29 °C 12 hours/19 °C 12 hours) was lower than that under the control condition (25 °C 12 hours/15 °C 12 hours). During the last week before harvest, anthocyanin development proceeded rapidly in fruit skin not only under the control condition, but also under the hotter climatic condition. The rapid accumulation of anthocyanin in the fruit skin of ‘Misuzu Tsugaru’ at harvest under a relatively high temperature (25 °C) condition was confirmed by the experiment using an incubator. At harvest, the maximum level of ethylene production in fruits sampled from trees grown under the hotter climatic condition was 9-fold higher than that in fruits from trees grown under the control condition. These results indicate that the comparison of pigmentation potential after the 15 or 25 °C treatments using detached fruit was effective for estimating anthocyanin accumulation in fruit skins under hotter climatic conditions in early- and medium-maturing cultivars that were harvested early and that a hotter climatic condition during ripening increased ethylene production in apple fruit after harvest.

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Lower temperatures increased anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru’ fruit at harvest.

Material
‘Tsugaru’e0
Treatment
lower-temperature treatmentse0
Outcome
anthocyanin accumulatione0
Direction
inducede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the lower-temperature treatments induced anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’ fruits”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Lower temperatures increased anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru Hime’ fruit at harvest.

Material
‘Tsugaru Hime’e0
Treatment
lower-temperature treatmentse0
Outcome
anthocyanin accumulatione0
Direction
inducede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the lower-temperature treatments induced anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’ fruits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 482–597 · show in text ↑
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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Lower temperatures increased anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Akibae’ fruit at harvest.

Material
‘Akibae’e0
Treatment
lower-temperature treatmentse0
Outcome
anthocyanin accumulatione0
Direction
inducede0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the lower-temperature treatments induced anthocyanin accumulation in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’ fruits”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 482–597 · show in text ↑
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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultmeasured

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At 25 °C, Akane anthocyanin accumulation increased similarly to 15 and 20 °C.

Material
‘Akane’e0
Treatment
25 °C treatmente0
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anthocyanin accumulatione0
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similare0
Comparator
15 and 20 °C treatmentse0

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Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the increases in anthocyanin accumulation under the 25 °C treatment were similar to those under the 15 and 20 °C treatments in ‘Akane’ fruit”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Ethylene production did not substantially increase during temperature treatments except in Tsugaru fruit at harvest.

Outcome
rate of ethylene productione0
Direction
did not increase substantiallye0
Qualifier
except after the treatments of ‘Tsugaru’ fruit at harveste0

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Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The rate of ethylene production did not increase substantially during the temperature treatments in any of the four cultivars, except after the treatments of ‘Tsugaru’ fruit at harvest”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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1-MCP suppressed anthocyanin development in ‘Tsugaru’ under 15 and 20 °C.

Material
‘Tsugaru’e0
Treatment
application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)e0
Outcome
anthocyanin developmente0
Direction
suppressede0
Qualifier
under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatmentse0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) to detached fruits at harvest suppressed anthocyanin development under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatments in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’, but not in ‘Akane’”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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1-MCP suppressed anthocyanin development in ‘Tsugaru Hime’ under 15 and 20 °C.

Material
‘Tsugaru Hime’e0
Treatment
application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)e0
Outcome
anthocyanin developmente0
Direction
suppressede0
Qualifier
under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatmentse0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) to detached fruits at harvest suppressed anthocyanin development under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatments in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’, but not in ‘Akane’”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 976–1189 · show in text ↑
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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

1-MCP suppressed anthocyanin development in ‘Akibae’ under 15 and 20 °C.

Material
‘Akibae’e0
Treatment
application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP)e0
Outcome
anthocyanin developmente0
Direction
suppressede0
Qualifier
under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatmentse0

Not reportedComparator

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) to detached fruits at harvest suppressed anthocyanin development under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatments in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’, but not in ‘Akane’”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 976–1189 · show in text ↑
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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

1-MCP did not suppress Akane anthocyanin development.

Material
‘Akane’e0
Outcome
anthocyanin developmente0

Not reportedTreatmentComparatorDirection

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“suppressed anthocyanin development under 15 and 20 °C temperature treatments in ‘Tsugaru’, ‘Tsugaru Hime’, and ‘Akibae’, but not in ‘Akane’”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Hotter greenhouse conditions reduced anthocyanin concentration in Misuzu Tsugaru fruit at harvest.

Treatment
hotter climatic condition (29 °C 12 hours/19 °C 12 hours)e0
Outcome
anthocyanin concentratione0
Direction
lowere0
Comparator
control condition (25 °C 12 hours/15 °C 12 hours)e0

Not reportedMaterial

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“At harvest, the anthocyanin concentration in fruit under the hotter climatic condition (29 °C 12 hours/19 °C 12 hours) was lower than that under the control condition (25 °C 12 hours/15 °C 12 hours)”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Anthocyanin developed rapidly during the final week before harvest under control and hotter greenhouse conditions.

Organ / stage
fruit skine0
Outcome
anthocyanin developmente0
Qualifier
During the last week before harveste0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“During the last week before harvest, anthocyanin development proceeded rapidly in fruit skin not only under the control condition, but also under the hotter climatic condition”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Observationobservedoriginal resultmeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Misuzu Tsugaru skin rapidly accumulated anthocyanin at harvest under 25 °C incubation.

Material
‘Misuzu Tsugaru’e0
Organ / stage
fruit skine0
Treatment
relatively high temperature (25 °C) conditione0
Outcome
accumulation of anthocyanine0
Direction
rapide0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“The rapid accumulation of anthocyanin in the fruit skin of ‘Misuzu Tsugaru’ at harvest under a relatively high temperature (25 °C) condition was confirmed by the experiment using an incubator”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Maximum ethylene production was ninefold higher after hotter than control growing conditions.

Treatment
hotter climatic conditione0
Outcome
maximum level of ethylene productione0
Direction
highere0
Value
9-folde0
Comparator
control conditione0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“At harvest, the maximum level of ethylene production in fruits sampled from trees grown under the hotter climatic condition was 9-fold higher than that in fruits from trees grown under the control condition”

✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1938–2144 · show in text ↑
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“Apple Cultivars”

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Method / resourceobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

Claim · model-written summary

Detached fruit pigmentation tests were effective for estimating skin anthocyanin under hotter conditions.

Outcome
estimating anthocyanin accumulation in fruit skinse0
Comparator
15 or 25 °C treatmentse0

Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.

Malus domestica
Malus domestica · TaxonW.carter · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons ↗

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“the comparison of pigmentation potential after the 15 or 25 °C treatments using detached fruit was effective for estimating anthocyanin accumulation in fruit skins under hotter climatic conditions”

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“Apple Cultivars”

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1-methylcyclopropene · quality: phytochemicals · Malus domestica (apple)Results differ

31 papers: 18 positive, 13 negative or no effect

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