Study of UV-C treatments on postharvest life of blueberries ‘O'Neal’ and correlation between structure and quality parameters
- Jaramillo Sánchez, Gabriela Maribel
- Contigiani, Eunice Valentina
- Coronel, María Bernarda
- Alzamora, Stella Maris
- Garcia Loredo, Analia Belen
- Nieto, Andrea Bibiana
DOIAbstract
The effect of different doses of UV-C light (5.3, 8.3 and 11.4 kJ/m2) on native mycobiota and Botrytis cinerea incidence, micro and ultrastructure, biomechanical properties and weight loss of blueberry fruit cv. O'Neal during 20 days of storage at 8 ± 1 °C was evaluated. Decay incidence was significantly reduced by all UV-C light doses for both, native mycobiota and inoculated B. cinerea. The highest UV-C dose studied (11.4 kJ/m2) was the most effective indelaying the onset of fungal and B. cinerea infection (6 and 4 days, respectively). UV-C irradiation caused some distinctive changes in fruit structure characterized by redistribution, alteration and partial removal of epicuticular waxes, reinforcement of epicarp cell walls, and modificati...
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