ДЕГУСТАЦІЙНА ОЦІНКА ОБРОБЛЕНИХ 1-МЕТИЛЦИКЛОПРОПЕНОМ ЯБЛУК НА КІНЕЦЬ ПІСЛЯ-ХОЛОДИЛЬНОЇ ЕКСПОЗИЦІЇ ЗА 20 ± 2°С

Олександр Васильович Мельник; L. M. Khudik

doi:10.32845/agrobio.2021.2.5

Олександр Васильович Мельник Uman National University of Horticulture http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6707-5731
L. M. Khudik Uman National University of Horticulture http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2295-701X

DOI: https://doi.org/10.32845/agrobio.2021.2.5

Keywords: 1-MCP, post-harvest treatment, apples, preservation, juiciness, aroma, sweetness, hardness, tasting evaluation, consumer quality

Abstract

Consumer quality of the apples is determined by the aroma, juiciness of the fruit, good sour-sweet taste and sufficient firmness of the flesh, which indicates the freshness and usefulness of the produce, but is actively lost during long-term refrigerated storage. Improving the taste properties of fresh produce is possible by the post-harvest treatment of fruits with 1-methylcyclopropene (1-MCP), whose action mechanism is aimed to blocking the biological action of ethylene – the hormone of fruits aging and significantly slow down their physiological maturation and improve quality at the end of storage. The purpose of the research was to determine the effect of post-harvest treatment with 1-methylcyclopropene on the tasting of early-winter apple fruits cultivars ‘Calville’ and ‘Spartan’ at exposure at 20 ± 2°C by 7 days after six months in the fruit refrigerator. Research objects were early-winter apple cultivars ‘Calville’ and ‘Spartan’, treated after harvest with 1-MCP (‘SmartFreshTM’ 0.068 g m-3) for 24 h at 5 ± 1°C, during storage at 3 ± 1°C and relative humidity 85–90 % for two, three, four, five and six months (non-treated fruits – control). Organoleptic quality of fruits assessment by aroma, hardness, juiciness, crunchiness, sweet and sour taste and overall evaluation was performed at the end of the seven-day exposure at 20 ± 2° C after six months of refrigerated storage by a permanent tasting commission of 10 people. The effect of post-harvest treatment with 1-MCP of early-winter apple cultivars ‘Calville’ and ‘Spartan’on the basic indicators of fruit consumer quality at the end of the seven-day exposure at 20 ± 2°C after six months storage under atmosphere refrigerated conditions is investigated. Compared to the control, the best estimates of the treated 1-MCP fruits taste qualities were recorded. The prevailing influence of post-harvest treatment with 1-MCP on the formation into respondents high marks of hardness, crunchiness and juiciness of apples and also their high quality by the overall tasting evaluation, is shown. It has been proved that the 1-MCP treatment doesn’t influence on the formation sweet taste Calvil apple fruits and the aroma of fruits both varieties, but developmen the fruit’s aroma profile of both cultivars, is somewhat intensified. Significant influence of elevated temperature post-refrigeration exposure on most of the taste properties of 1-MCP treated fruits was not detected, so there are prospects for further research in this direction.

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TASTING EVALUATION OF 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE TREATED APPLES AT THE END OF POST-REFRIGERATION EXPOSURE AT 20±2°С

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