Abstract
To examine the impact of pre-harvest fungicide applications on the postharvest storage performance of tomato fruits, we measured the lycopene content, hardness, soluble solids content, rotting rate, and weight loss rate of the fruits, as well as conducted a sensory assessment. Protective and systematic fungicides were sprayed on tomatoes 20 days before harvest in order to prevent rotting and weight loss during storage. Our findings showed that, the fungicide-treated tomatoes had a significantly lower rotting rate of 16.00% and a weight loss rate of 3.96%. However the control group experienced 65.33% rotting rate and 6.90% weight loss rate on 12th days of storage. Out of the pre-harvest applications, 'Zineb' a protective fungicide significantly delayed the loss of hardness and soluble solids accumulation in tomato fruits during storage, but it had no significant effect on lycopene content. On the other hand, when comparing to the examined treatment, the systemic fungicides did not have any significant effect on the postharvest storage performance of tomato fruits. Sensory evaluation results indicated that systemic fungicides improved the aroma of the fruits, while protective fungicides had a greater impact on the appearance and juiciness of the fruits. This study offers a potential novel solution for preserving fruits and vegetables which have been frequently infected by phytopathogens during storage, and consequently mitigate/reduce postharvest losses.
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Claims 7
Claim · model-written summary
Pre-harvest fungicide-treated tomatoes had a significantly lower rotting rate (16.00%) than the control (65.33%) on day 12 of storage.
- Taxon
- tomatoes
Solanum lycopersicume0 - Treatment
- fungicidee0
- Outcome
- rotting ratee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 16.00%e0
- Qualifier
- 65.33%e1
- Comparator
- control groupe1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the fungicide-treated tomatoes had a significantly lower rotting rate of 16.00% and a weight loss rate of 3.96%”
e1“the control group experienced 65.33% rotting rate and 6.90% weight loss rate”
e2“12th days of storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Pre-harvest fungicide-treated tomatoes had a significantly lower weight loss rate (3.96%) than the control (6.90%) on day 12 of storage.
- Taxon
- tomatoesSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- fungicidee0
- Outcome
- weight loss ratee0
- Direction
- lowere0
- Value
- 3.96%e0
- Qualifier
- 6.90%e1
- Comparator
- control groupe1
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the fungicide-treated tomatoes had a significantly lower rotting rate of 16.00% and a weight loss rate of 3.96%”
e1“the control group experienced 65.33% rotting rate and 6.90% weight loss rate”
e2“12th days of storage”
Claim · model-written summary
The protective fungicide Zineb significantly delayed the loss of hardness and soluble solids accumulation in tomato fruits during storage.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 'Zineb' a protective fungicidee0
- Outcome
- loss of hardness and soluble solids accumulatione0
- Direction
- delayede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“'Zineb' a protective fungicide significantly delayed the loss of hardness and soluble solids accumulation in tomato fruits during storage”
Claim · model-written summary
Zineb had no significant effect on lycopene content of tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- 'Zineb' a protective fungicidee0
- Outcome
- lycopene contente0
- Direction
- no significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“'Zineb' a protective fungicide significantly delayed the loss of hardness and soluble solids accumulation in tomato fruits during storage, but it had no significant effect on lycopene content”
Claim · model-written summary
The systemic fungicides had no significant effect on the postharvest storage performance of tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomato fruitsSolanum lycopersicume0
- Treatment
- systemic fungicidese0
- Outcome
- postharvest storage performancee0
- Direction
- did not have any significant effecte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“the systemic fungicides did not have any significant effect on the postharvest storage performance of tomato fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Sensory evaluation showed that systemic fungicides improved the aroma of the tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- systemic fungicidese0
- Outcome
- aromae0
- Direction
- improvede0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato fruits”
e0“systemic fungicides improved the aroma of the fruits”
Claim · model-written summary
Sensory evaluation showed that protective fungicides had a greater impact on the appearance and juiciness of the tomato fruits.
- Taxon
- tomatoSolanum lycopersicumt0
- Treatment
- protective fungicidese0
- Outcome
- appearance and juicinesse0
- Direction
- greater impacte0
Not reportedComparator
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
t0“tomato fruits”
e0“protective fungicides had a greater impact on the appearance and juiciness of the fruits”
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