Keywords
color
respiration
total soluble solids
vitamin C
How to Cite
Abstract
Mexico has a great diversity of Mexican plum, a fruit tree with a lot of potential to be commercially cultivated, but few post-harvest studies have been carried out on known ecotypes. The objective of this study was to characterize the postharvest behavior of four Mexican plum ecotypes grown in Morelos, Mexico, this information is basic to develop postharvest technologies oriented to increase shelf-life. Fruits of ‘Amarilla’, ‘Castilla’, ‘Chapilla’ and ‘Roja’ Mexican plum (Spondias purpurea L.) with epidermal color development of 50 or 75 % were collected to determine some changes during ripening. Results suggested that 'Amarilla' and 'Chapilla' showed a maximum respiration peak 3 d after harvest with significant differences between ripening stages. Respiration decreased constantly with no differences between ripening stages for 'Castilla' and 'Roja'. Hue (h*) decreased from yellow color tendency (63 ≤ h* ≤ 86) to orange and red color (31 ≤ h* ≤ 67), with differences between ripening stages. Lightness (L*) reduced from 46-48 % to 31-32 % and chroma (C*) increased from 18-25 to 36-42, suggesting that the color purity increased during ripening. Total soluble solids and titratable acidity increased from 9.4 to 15.5 °Brix and from 0.27 to 0.48 %, respectively, with significant differences between ripening stages at the beginning of the experiment, which were not maintained during ripening. Vitamin C increased during ripening in the four ecotypes and no differences were detected between ripening stages. In conclusion, differences in behavior were detected among ecotypes evaluated with few differences attributed to harvest maturity, which should be considered in the development of postharvest technologies for this species.
References
Álvarez-Vargas, J. E., Alia-Tejacal, I., Chávez-Franco, S. H., Colinas-León, M. T., Nieto-Ángel, D.,..., Aguilar-Pérez, L. A. (2017). Ciruelas mexicanas (Spondias purpurea) de clima húmedo y seco: calidad, metabolitos funcionales y actividad antioxidante. Interciencia, 42(10), 653–660.
Avitia, G. E., Castillo, G. A. M., & Pimienta, B. E. (2003). Ciruela mexicana y otras especies del género Spondias L. (2da. ed.). Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
Bezerra, da S. F. E. C., Gomes, da S. F. V., Ferreira, dos S. A., & Freire, de M. I. (2011). Avaliação da qualidade de ciriguela (Spondias purpurea, L) em diferentes estádios de maturação. Revista Verde, 6(2), 27– 40.
Cruz, L. A., & Gutiérrez, J. A. G. (2012). Distribución geográfica del género Spondias en México. In L. A. Cruz, D. A. Pita & H. B. Rodríguez (Eds.), Jocotes, jobos, abales o ciruelas mexicanas (pp. 31–38). Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
Cruz, L. A., & Rodríguez, H. B. (2012). Cultivo. In L. A. Cruz, D. A. Pita & H. B. Rodríguez (Eds.), Jocotes, jobos, abales o ciruelas mexicanas (pp. 77–101). Universidad Autónoma Chapingo.
de Almeida, S. S., Singh, B. P., & Holschuh, H. J. (2008). Postharvest respiration and maturation of some lesser-known exotic fruits from Brazil – ciriguela (Spondias purpurea L.). Revista Ceres, 55(2), 141–145.
Duarte, O., & Paull, R. E. (2015). Exotic fruits and nuts of the new world. CABI.
Fortuny-Fernández, N. M., Monserrat Ferrer, M. & Ruenes-Morales, M. del R. (2017). Centros de origen, domesticación y diversidad genética de la ciruela mexicana, Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae). Acta Botanica Mexicana, 121, 7–38. https://doi.org/10.21829/abm121.2017.1289
Jagota, S. K., & Dani, H. M. (1982). A new colorimetric technique for the estimation of vitamin C using Folin phenol reagent. Analytical Biochemistry, 127(1), 178–182. https://doi.org/10.1016/0003-2697(82)90162-2
Kader, A. A., & Yahia, E. M. (2011). Postharvest biology of tropical and subtropical fruits. In E. M. Yahia (Ed.), Postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits (pp. 79–111). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1533/9780857093622.79
Kozioł, M. J., & Macía, M. J. (1998). Chemical composition, nutritional evaluation, and economic prospects of Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae). Economic Botany, 52(4), 373–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02862067
Maldonado-Astudillo, Y. I., Alia-Tejacal, I., Núñez-Colín, C. A., Jiménez-Hernández, J., Pelayo-Zaldívar, C.,..., Valle-Guadarrama, S. (2014). Postharvest physiology and technology of Spondias purpurea L. and S. mombin L. Scientia Horticulturae, 174, 193–206. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scienta.2014.05.016
Maldonado, A. Y. I., Alia, T. I., Núñez-Colín, A. C., Hernández, J. J., & Martínez, V. L. (2017). Chemical and phenotypic diversity of Mexican plums (Spondias purpurea L.) from the states of Guerrero and Morelos, Mexico. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 39(2). https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-29452017610
Miller, A. (2011). Spondias. In C. Kole (Ed.), Wild crop relatives: genomics and breeding resources, tropical and subtropical fruits (pp. 203–211).
Springer-Verlag.Mohammed, M., Bridgemohan, P., Graham, O., Wickham, L., Bridgemohan, R. S. H., & Mohammed, Z. (2019). Postharvest physiology, biochemistry and quality management of chili plum (Spondias purpurea var. Lutea): A review. Journal of Food Research, 8(3), 1. https://doi.org/10.5539/jfr.v8n3p1
Moo-Huchin, V. M., Estrada-Mota, I., Estrada-León, R., Cuevas-Glory, L., Ortiz-Vázquez, E.,..., Sauri-Duch, E. (2014). Determination of some physicochemical characteristics, bioactive compounds and antioxidant activity of tropical fruits from Yucatan, Mexico. Food Chemistry, 152, 508–515. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodchem.2013.12.013
Neguerula, Á. I. (2012). Is the color measured in food the color that we see? In J. L. Caivano & M. del Pilar Buera (Eds.), Color in food (pp. 81–91). CRC Press. https://doi.org/10.1201/ b11878
Ramírez-Hernández, B. C., Pimienta-Barrios, E., Castellanos-Ramos, J. Z., Muñoz-Urias, A., Palomino-Asbach, G., & Pimienta-Barrios, E. (2008). Sistemas de producción de Spondias purpurea (Anacardiaceae) en el centro-occidente de México. Revista de Biología Tropical, 56, 6 7 5 – 6 8 7.
Suárez, V. A., Juárez-López, P., López-Martínez, V., Pérez, L. J. F., Guillén, D. S., & Alia-Tejacal, I. (2017). Antioxidant activity and physicochemical parameters in ‘Cuernavaqueña’ mexican plum (Spondias purpurea L.) at different ripening stages. Revista Brasileira de Fruticultura, 39(4), e-787. https://doi.org/10.1590/0100-29452017787
Valero, D., & Serrano, M. (2010). Postharvest biology and technology for preserving fruit quality. CRC Press.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.
Copyright (c) 2021 Current Topics in Agronomic Science