Effects of Different Postharvest Treatments on Browning, Active Oxygen Metabolism and Saccharides of Gongcheng Persimmon.

In this paper, the effects of three postharvest treatments (aerobic, vacuum, vacuum+1-MCP) on browning, active oxygen metabolism and saccharides during storage of deastringent persimmon were researched. Meanwhile, the correlations between browning and other indexes were analyzed. BI of vacuum and vacuum+1-MCP was lower than that in aerobic group, and the browning degree in vacuum+1-MCP group was the lowest. The SOD and APX activities of the three kinds of persimmon treated after harvest decreased and increased respectively, and the SOD activities of the vacuum group were the lowest, the APX activities under vacuum and vacuum+1-MCP conditions were higher than that in aerobic group. At vacuum and vacuum+1-MCP conditions, the increase of CAT activity of persimmon was inhibited, and the accumulation of H₂O₂ was reduced, with lower ability to inhibit hydroxyl radical and ascorbic acid content. The reducing sugar content of persimmon in vacuum and vacuum+1-McP groups was lower than that in aerobic group, and the increase in vacuum+1-MCP group was the slowest, from 14.10% at the beginning of storage to 14.87% on 12 d. The pectin content of persimmon in vacuum+1-MCP group decreased slowly. Correlation analysis showed that the correlations between browning and various indexes under different postharharvest treatments were different. The persimmon BI was always negatively correlated with pectin, meanwhile positively correlated with reducing sugar. It can be concluded that vacuum and vacuum+1-MCP conditions are more conducive to inhibiting the browning of persimmon after deastringent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]