Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage

The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of salicylic acid (SA) as a preharvest treatment on crop yield throughout the crop cycle of green pepper fruit as well as on its quality parameters, including functional quality, at harvest and during 21 days of storage at 7 °C. Thus, ‘Herminio’...

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Autores principales:	Alicia Dobón-Suárez, María J. Giménez, María E. García-Pastor, Pedro J. Zapata
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	average weight decay incidence firmness SA total phenolics Agriculture S
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:5e209016463d43bcbd8bd6bc1b9447a22021-11-25T16:09:22ZSalicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage10.3390/agronomy111122632073-4395https://doaj.org/article/5e209016463d43bcbd8bd6bc1b9447a22021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/2073-4395/11/11/2263https://doaj.org/toc/2073-4395The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of salicylic acid (SA) as a preharvest treatment on crop yield throughout the crop cycle of green pepper fruit as well as on its quality parameters, including functional quality, at harvest and during 21 days of storage at 7 °C. Thus, ‘Herminio’ pepper plants were treated with SA at 0.5, 1 and 5 mM, and higher crop yield (kg per plant, number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight) and quality parameters (firmness, green color and total acidity) at harvest were obtained with the 0.5 mM dose, as well as greater phenolic compounds content and total antioxidant activity. These quality traits and functional quality were also maintained at higher levels for this treatment than in controls during postharvest storage, leading to a delay of fruit quality losses. In addition, the decay incidence for 0.5 mM SA-treated pepper fruits reached a ca. value of 2% at the end of the storage, which was lower than untreated fruits (16.6%). These results suggest that preharvest application of SA at low doses tested on pepper plants could be a useful tool to increase crop yield and fruit quality parameters at harvest and maintain them during storage, delaying quality losses and decay incidence.Alicia Dobón-SuárezMaría J. GiménezMaría E. García-PastorPedro J. ZapataMDPI AGarticleaverage weightdecay incidencefirmnessSAtotal phenolicsAgricultureSENAgronomy, Vol 11, Iss 2263, p 2263 (2021)
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spellingShingle	average weight decay incidence firmness SA total phenolics Agriculture S Alicia Dobón-Suárez María J. Giménez María E. García-Pastor Pedro J. Zapata Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
description	The main aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of salicylic acid (SA) as a preharvest treatment on crop yield throughout the crop cycle of green pepper fruit as well as on its quality parameters, including functional quality, at harvest and during 21 days of storage at 7 °C. Thus, ‘Herminio’ pepper plants were treated with SA at 0.5, 1 and 5 mM, and higher crop yield (kg per plant, number of fruits per plant and average fruit weight) and quality parameters (firmness, green color and total acidity) at harvest were obtained with the 0.5 mM dose, as well as greater phenolic compounds content and total antioxidant activity. These quality traits and functional quality were also maintained at higher levels for this treatment than in controls during postharvest storage, leading to a delay of fruit quality losses. In addition, the decay incidence for 0.5 mM SA-treated pepper fruits reached a ca. value of 2% at the end of the storage, which was lower than untreated fruits (16.6%). These results suggest that preharvest application of SA at low doses tested on pepper plants could be a useful tool to increase crop yield and fruit quality parameters at harvest and maintain them during storage, delaying quality losses and decay incidence.
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author	Alicia Dobón-Suárez María J. Giménez María E. García-Pastor Pedro J. Zapata
author_facet	Alicia Dobón-Suárez María J. Giménez María E. García-Pastor Pedro J. Zapata
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title	Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
title_short	Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
title_full	Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
title_fullStr	Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
title_full_unstemmed	Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage
title_sort	salicylic acid foliar application increases crop yield and quality parameters of green pepper fruit during postharvest storage
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/5e209016463d43bcbd8bd6bc1b9447a2
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Salicylic Acid Foliar Application Increases Crop Yield and Quality Parameters of Green Pepper Fruit during Postharvest Storage

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