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Vol. 19 No. 1 (2025)
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Fruits section

Effect of different methods and doses of 1-methylcyclopropene applications on postharvest feijoa fruits (Acca sellowiana Berg)

https://doi.org/10.17584/rcch.2025v19i1.18657

Published 2025-01-01

  • Marilcen Jaime-Guerrero
    • ,
  • Javier Giovanni Álvarez-Herrera
    • ,
  • Julieta Gómez-Romero

Marilcen Jaime-Guerrero
Instituto Colombiano Agropecuario-ICA, Bogota (Colombia)

Javier Giovanni Álvarez-Herrera
Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia, Facultad de Ciencias Agropecuarias, Grupo de Investigaciones Agrícolas (GIA), Tunja (Colombia)

Julieta Gómez-Romero
Corporación Centro de Investigación en Palma de Aceite-Cenipalma, Barrancabermeja (Colombia)

Feijoa fruit. Photo: G. Fischer

Abstract

Feijoa is an aromatic fruit with high nutraceutical value and great economic potential because of its versatility in industrial processing, in addition to being climacteric. However, the postharvest life of these fruits is relatively short. The application of 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) delays the production of ethylene, maintains firmness, and prolongs shelf-life; however, the efficiency of 1-MCP depends on the application method (liquid or gaseous), and different feijoa have not been tested on feijoa. Therefore, the objective of this study was to evaluate the effect of different methods and doses of 1-MCP applications on the postharvest behavior of feijoa fruits stored at room temperature (16°C). A completely randomized design was used with seven treatments made up of control plus six treatments with a 3×2 factorial structure, where the first factor was the application method (immersion, gaseous, and spray), and the second factor was the dose of 1-MCP (30 or 60 mg L-1). The doses and methods of the 1-MCP applications did not affect the loss of mass (16.38%). Firmness decreased by 67.9% during the first 4 days after harvest (dah) in all treatments. The 1-MCP maintained higher levels of soluble solids (10.63 °Brix) than the control (7.6 °Brix) at the end of storage. All 1-MCP application methods decreased the respiratory rate in the feijoa fruits. The 60 mg L-1 of 1-MCP application via immersion generated the highest values of total phenol content and total antioxidant activity (TAA) during the first 8 dah, while the TAA decreased and the total phenolic content increased.

Keywords

Antioxidant activity, Climacteric, Phenols, Myrtaceae, Mass loss

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