Electron beam radiation delayed the disassembly of cell wall polysaccharides in harvested mangoes

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Sustainable Bioeconomy (Strategic Research Themes)

Publication Details

Author list: Nguyen T.T., Kato M., Ma G., Zhang L., Uthairatanakij A., Srilaong V., Laohakunjit N., Jitareerat P.

Publisher: Elsevier

Publication year: 2021

Journal: Postharvest Biology and Technology (0925-5214)

Volume number: 178

ISSN: 0925-5214

eISSN: 1873-2356

URL: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85103968639&doi=10.1016%2fj.postharvbio.2021.111544&partnerID=40&md5=c06e08425a5d89aa42a11d282c683a78

Languages: English-Great Britain (EN-GB)

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Abstract

Fruit softening, accompanied by cell wall polysaccharides degradation, is a common phenomenon in harvested mango (Mangifera indica L.) fruit. To reduce fruit's firmness loss and maintain cell wall polysaccharides of mangoes, the effect of electron beam (E-beam) radiation on firmness, cell wall degrading enzyme activities, contents of cell wall polysaccharides, reactive oxygen species (ROS), and the expression of genes involved with fruit softening were studied in harvested mangoes stored at 13 ℃. As compared with untreated fruit, E-beam treated fruit at a dose of 0.5 kGy exhibited higher firmness, higher contents of cell wall polysaccharides, such as sodium carbonate-soluble pectin, hemicellulose and cellulose, as well as a lower content of water-soluble pectin, a lower activity of cell wall degrading enzymes, such as pectin esterase (PE), β-galactosidase (BG), pectate lyase (PEL) and cellulase (CEL), except polygalacturonase (PG), and lower contents of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and superoxide radical (O2–[rad]) during the storage period. In addition, E-beam radiation also suppressed the expression of MiPE, MiPEL, and MiBG genes. These results suggest that E-beam radiation retards the softening process by reducing the production of H2O2 and O2–[rad], and that they are caused to alternate plant cell wall polysaccharides and retard the transcript level of genes involved in fruit softening in harvested mangoes. © 2021 Elsevier B.V.

Keywords

Cell wall degrading enzymes activity, Cell wall polysaccharides, Genes expression, Ionizing radiation