Title: | "Sensory, physicochemical and volatile compound analysis of short and long shelf-life melon (Cucumis melo L.) genotypes at harvest and after postharvest storage" |
Author(s): | Farcuh M; Copes B; Le-Navenec G; Marroquin J; Cantu D; Bradford KJ; Guinard JX; Van Deynze A; |
Address: | "Dept of Plant Science and Landscape Architecture, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. Dept of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. HM Clause, 260 Cousteau Pl, Ste 210, Davis, CA 95618, USA. HM Clause, La Bohalle Research Center, Angers, France. Dept. of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Dept. of Food Science and Technology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA" |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100107 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 2590-1575 (Electronic) 2590-1575 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Flavor is a key attribute defining melon fruit quality and driving consumer preferences. We characterized and compared fruit ripening patterns (ethylene, respiration), physicochemical properties (rind/flesh color, firmness, soluble solids, acidity), aroma volatiles, and flavor-related sensory attributes in seven melon genotypes differing in shelf life capacity. Fruits were evaluated at optimal maturity and after storage for six days at 5 degrees C plus one day at room temperature. Total volatile content increased after storage in all genotypes, with esters being dominant. Shorter shelf-life genotypes, displaying a sharper climacteric phase, correlated with fruity/floral/sweet flavor-related descriptors, and with esters, sulfur-containing compounds and a terpenoid. Longer shelf-life types were associated with firmness, green and grassy aroma/flavor and aldehydes. Multivariate regression identified key volatiles that predict flavor sensory perception, which could accelerate breeding of longer shelf-life melons with improved flavor characteristics" |
Keywords: | Cucumis melo L.Flavor Fruit quality Hs-spme-gc-ms Postharvest storage Sensory descriptive analysis Volatiles; |
Notes: | "PubMed-not-MEDLINEFarcuh, Macarena Copes, Bill Le-Navenec, Gaelle Marroquin, Juan Cantu, Dario Bradford, Kent J Guinard, Jean-Xavier Van Deynze, Allen eng Netherlands 2020/10/27 Food Chem X. 2020 Oct 14; 8:100107. doi: 10.1016/j.fochx.2020.100107. eCollection 2020 Dec 30" |