Abstract
The present study was conducted with the aim of increasing storage duration of cucumber fruits by using eco-friendly edible biomaterials and nanotechnology. Hence, the effects of postharvest-applied lemongrass oil (LO) and propolis extract (PEx), alone or in combination with modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), on the weight loss, fruit firmness, sensory index, chilling injury (CI), decay incidence (DI), and soluble solid concentration (SSC) of cucumber fruits were tested. Two different doses (0.2% and 0.5%) of both LO and PEx were tested in present study. Application of LO and PEx was performed by dipping the fruits into the solutions at 21 ± 1 °C for 3 minutes; after drying for 30 minutes, fruits were transferred to a cold room and kept at 4.5 ± 0.5 °C and 95% relative humidity (RH). Studies were continued for 24 days, and quality parameters were measured at 4-day intervals. Two-day shelf-life simulation was also applied to fruits after each interval, and the same quality parameters were observed. Results suggest that the combination of MAP bags with LO or PEx treatment provides better conditions for postharvest storage of cucumbers and that storage duration might be extended to 20 days. Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.
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Claims 6
Claim · model-written summary
LO or PEx with MAP maintained weight throughout storage.
- Taxon
- Cucumber
Cucumis sativust0 - Organ / stage
- Fruitse0
- Treatment
- LO or PEx and stored in MAP bagse0
- Outcome
- weighte0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Qualifier
- throughout storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
LO or PEx with MAP maintained SSC throughout storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- Fruitse0
- Treatment
- LO or PEx and stored in MAP bagse0
- Outcome
- SSCe0
- Direction
- maintainede0
- Qualifier
- throughout storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
LO or PEx with MAP yielded firmer firmer throughout storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- Fruitse0
- Treatment
- LO or PEx and stored in MAP bagse0
- Outcome
- firmere0
- Direction
- firmere0
- Qualifier
- throughout storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
LO or PEx with MAP yielded lower DI throughout storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- Fruitse0
- Treatment
- LO or PEx and stored in MAP bagse0
- Outcome
- DIe0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- throughout storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
LO or PEx with MAP yielded lower CI throughout storage.
- Taxon
- CucumberCucumis sativust0
- Organ / stage
- Fruitse0
- Treatment
- LO or PEx and stored in MAP bagse0
- Outcome
- CIe0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Qualifier
- throughout storagee0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“Fruits treated with LO or PEx and stored in MAP bags maintained weight and SSC, were firmer, showed lower DI, and expressed lower CI ( P < 0.05) throughout storage.”
Claim · model-written summary
The authors suggest MAP with LO or PEx can extend cucumber storage to 20 days.
- Taxon
- cucumbersCucumis sativuse0
- Treatment
- combination of MAP bags with LO or PEx treatmente0
- Outcome
- storage duration might be extended to 20 dayse0
- Value
- 20 dayse0
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“Cucumber Fruit”
e0“the combination of MAP bags with LO or PEx treatment provides better conditions for postharvest storage of cucumbers and that storage duration might be extended to 20 days”
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