Effect of Some Plant Extracts on Quality, Storability Ability and Some Pathogenic Fungi during Cold Storage of Husk Tomato | ||
| Horticulture Research Journal | ||
| Volume 1, Issue 3, September 2023, Pages 137-150 PDF (920.07 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/hrj.2023.325141 | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Husk tomato fruits local variety were obtained from a private farm - Abu Al-Matamir, El- Behera governorate during two successive seasons of 2018 and 2019. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of plant extracts on the postharvest quality, storage ability and some postharvest pathogenic fungi growth of Husk tomato fruits during cold storage at 10 °C and 95% RH In this paper we studied the effect of edible coatings based for three plant extracts, such as Moringa, Basil and Dodonea in vitro and during cold storage conditions against the growth of three phytopathogenic fungi, these were collected from Husk tomato fruits, the isolates were identified through (PCR) amplification of the (ITS) region, the fungal isolates belonging to Fusarium oxysporum (MW854654), Fusarium equiseti (MW854655) and Alternaria alternata (MW85465). The in vitro outcomes demonstrated that, all studied plant extracts significantly inhibited the linear growth of fungal pathogens, the ethanolic extracts of Moringa, Basil and Dodonea were identified using (GC–MS) method. Fruits are harvested when they are ready for marketing, and postharvest procedures can be carried out. This study's goal was to ascertain how plant extracts affected the post-harvest quality, storage ability and some postharvest pathogenic fungi growth of Husk tomato fruits during cold storage at 10 °C and 95% RH. Results showed that all postharvest treatments of Husk tomato fruits reduced pathogens and fruit rot and slowed the rate of weight loss, decay and highest value of T.S.S, T.S, lowest value of peroxidase activity, preserved the fruit content of vitamin C and titratable acidity. Treatments maintained the excellent appearance until 15 days of storage period and the good appearance quality and firmness of the fruits at the end of storage period. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| Husk tomato; Plant extracts; Postharvest; Cold storage | ||
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