Changes in Fruit Quality and Pericarp Pigment of Papaya during Storage
doi: 10.15886/j.cnki.rdswxb.2016.03.009
- Received Date: 2016-03-21
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Key words:
- Papaya /
- storage /
- fruit quality /
- pigment
Abstract: Fruits of two papaya cultivars,‘Dabai’and ‘Zhongbai’,were collected to determine their changes in fruit quality and pericarp pigment when stored at 20 ℃ with a relative humidity of 80%. With an increase in storage duration these two papaya varieties tended to improve their soluble total sugar,soluble solid and Vc content in fruit. Pericarp color was changed gradually from green to yellow. When the pericarp a value changed from negative to positive,the b and L value was reduced,and the h value was decreased. Papaya Zhongbai turned yellower in pericarp than Papaya Dabai under the same storage conditions. At the storage day 8 the total amount of chlorophyll was higher in Dabai than in Zhongbai. Correlation analysis of pericarp pigments showed the pericarp color of papaya was positively correlated to the content of chlorophyll a,chlorophyll b,carotenoid,total phenols,flavonoid and anthocyanin.
Citation: | HE Yingdui, JING Tao, WANG Lixia, LIU Yongxia, DING Zheli, HAN Lina, LIN Zhu, WANG Bizun. Changes in Fruit Quality and Pericarp Pigment of Papaya during Storage[J]. Journal of Tropical Biology, 2016, 7(3): 332-337. doi: 10.15886/j.cnki.rdswxb.2016.03.009 |