Apple fruit recovery from anoxia under controlled atmosphere storage

Rachael Maree Wood; Fabio Rodrigo Thewes; Milena Reynaud; Dominikus Kittemann; Cláudia Kaehler Sautter; Jens Norbert Wünsche; Daniel Alexandre Neuwald

doi:10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131152

Apple fruit recovery from anoxia under controlled atmosphere storage

Food Chem. 2022 Mar 1:371:131152. doi: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131152. Epub 2021 Sep 16.

Authors

Rachael Maree Wood¹, Fabio Rodrigo Thewes², Milena Reynaud³, Dominikus Kittemann⁴, Cláudia Kaehler Sautter², Jens Norbert Wünsche⁵, Daniel Alexandre Neuwald⁶

Affiliations

¹ Competence Centre for Fruit Growing at Lake Constance (KOB), Schuhmacherhof 6, 88213 Ravensburg, Germany.
² University of Santa Maria, v. Roraima n° 1000 Cidade Universitária Bairro - Camobi, Santa Maria - RS 97105-900, Brazil.
³ Competence Centre for Fruit Growing at Lake Constance (KOB), Schuhmacherhof 6, 88213 Ravensburg, Germany; University of Hohenheim, Department of Crop Science, Institute of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
⁴ University of Applied Sciences Weihenstephan-Triesdorf, Am Hofgarten 4, 85354 Freising, Germany.
⁵ University of Hohenheim, Department of Crop Science, Institute of Crop Physiology of Specialty Crops, 70593 Stuttgart, Germany.
⁶ Competence Centre for Fruit Growing at Lake Constance (KOB), Schuhmacherhof 6, 88213 Ravensburg, Germany. Electronic address: Neuwald@kob-bavendorf.de.

PMID: 34583177
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2021.131152

Abstract

This study investigated the dynamic changes in the anaerobic metabolism end products (ethanol, acetaldehyde and ethyl acetate) of different apple cultivars during 84-days of regular air (RA) and controlled atmosphere (CA) storage after 0-, 3-, 7- and 14-days of anoxia. Increasing the length of exposure to anoxia increased the anaerobic metabolites concentrations (AMC) in all cultivars. Fruit could recover from anoxia, and the AMC dissipated after 84-days of storage under both storage systems when the duration of anoxia was <7-days. The rate of metabolite dissipation following 14-days of anoxia differed among cultivars and storage systems. The reduction in AMC was faster under CA than RA-storage for 'Golden Delicious' and 'Jonagold' fruit, while the opposite trend was observed for 'Kanzi'. These results indicate that storage under CA post anoxia maintains better fruit quality during 84-days of storage than RA and effectively reduces the AMC.

Keywords: Anaerobic metabolism; Anoxia; Apple; Controlled atmosphere storage; Ethanol; Fruit; Quality.

MeSH terms

Anaerobiosis
Atmosphere
Fruit
Hypoxia
Malus*