Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
JOURNAL OF FOOD QUALITY, cilt.34, sa.2, ss.111-118, 2011 (SCI-Expanded)
The effects of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), modified atmosphere packaging (Xtend, StePac L.A. Ltd., Tefen, Israel) and their combination were investigated on storage and quality maintenance of tomatoes cv. "Perla" harvested at two maturity stages. 1-MCP treatment was performed in 1,000 nL/L doses for 24 h while untreated fruits were considered as control. Fruits were stored at 12C with 90% relative humidity for 21 days. Weight loss, skin color, elasticity, lycopene, ascorbic acid, soluble solid content (SSC), titratable acidity (TA) and SSC/TA were evaluated with the intervals of 7 days. MAP with and without 1-MCP reduced weight loss and maintained to elasticity compared with control and 1-MCP alone. Nevertheless, 1-MCP or its combination with MAP significantly delayed changes in parameters related to fruit ripening, such as skin color, lycopene, TA and SSC/TA increase in both ripening stages. Overall results indicated that the combination of 1,000 nL/L 1-MCP and modified atmosphere package was the most effective treatment in both ripening stages.