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2025 , Vol. 51 >Issue 6: 239 - 248

DOI: https://doi.org/10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.039094

Effects of methyl jasmonate treatment on storage quality and sugar metabolisms of postharvest litchi

  • YIN Feilong ,
  • SHUAI Liang ,
  • LIU Han ,
  • LIANG Yuanli ,
  • CAI Wen ,
  • LIAO Lingyan ,
  • SONG Mubo ,
  • LIU Yunfen ,
  • HE Meiying
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  • 1(College of Food and Biological Engineering, Guangxi Key Laboratory of Health Care Food Science and Technology, Hezhou University, Hezhou 542899, China)
    2(College of Chemistry and Food Science, Nanchang Normal University, Nanchang 330023, China)

Received date: 2024-03-05

  Revised date: 2024-04-22

  Online published: 2025-04-14

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Abstract

Litchi (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) is delicious and nutritious, but it has a short shelf life.To explore the effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA) treatment on the quality and sugar metabolisms of litchi during storage, 10 μmol/L, 50 μmol/L, and 100 μmol/L MeJA treatments were applied to Guiwei litchi as the treatment groups and distilled water treatment was used as the control group (CK).The changes in soluble solids content, good fruit rate, soluble sugar content, organic acid content, antioxidant content, and enzyme activity related to sugar metabolisms were observed during low-temperature storage.Results showed that different concentrations of MeJA could maintain the storage quality of postharvest litchi, and 50 μmol/L MeJA had the best effect.At the same time, it was also found that MeJA treatment could significantly inhibit the enzymatic activities of acid invertase, neutral invertase, and sucrose synthase (P<0.05), and significantly increase the enzymatic activity of sucrose phosphate synthase (P<0.05), to maintain high sucrose content and storage quality and prolong the shelf life.This study can provide a theoretical basis for the future application of MeJA in the storage of litchi and other fruits after harvest.

Key words： litchi; methyl jasmonate; storage quality; sugar metabolisms

Cite this article

YIN Feilong , SHUAI Liang , LIU Han , LIANG Yuanli , CAI Wen , LIAO Lingyan , SONG Mubo , LIU Yunfen , HE Meiying . Effects of methyl jasmonate treatment on storage quality and sugar metabolisms of postharvest litchi[J]. Food and Fermentation Industries, 2025 , 51(6) : 239 -248 . DOI: 10.13995/j.cnki.11-1802/ts.039094

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