LIU Xiaoyong, ZHAO Shuangzhi, CHEN Leilei, WANG Fengli, XIN Xue, ZHOU Qingxin, ALEKSANDR SUVOROV, QIU Jiying
In order to improve the quality instability of sweet cherry under express packaging, fresh cherries “friendship” with 90% maturity were used as the test materials, and four different post harvest treatments (1: pre-cooling, 2: pre-cooling+ice in foam box, 3: pre-cooling+cold storage agent in foam box, and 4: pre-cooling+acidic electrolyzed water treatment+cold storage agent in foam box) were used for post harvest commercialization. After treatment, the experimental boxes were packed and then placed indoor at 26 ℃, shaking for 10 min per day. And the weight loss, number of fungi, rotting rate, pulp firmness, color, soluble solids and VC content on cherry fruit within 6 days were tested. The results showed that, compared with the sweet cherry which was pre-cooled only before packaging (treatment 1), ice bag, cold storage agent and acidic electrolyzed water treatment could effectively reduce the number of mould and rotten fruit rate and improve the quality of sweet cherry. However, compared with the traditional ice bag (treatment 2), the preservative effect of cold storage agent (treatment 3) and acidic electrolyzed water combined with cold storage agent (treatment 4) was better. The total number of molds in treatment 4 was only 8.52% in the simulated express delivery process for 2 days, and the rotten fruit was only 6.49% in the 4th day. However, it was just 32.45% of the treatment 1, so the preservation effect of treatment 4 was very significant.Meanwhile, the weight loss rate, pulp firmness, color, soluble solids and VC content of sweet cherry treated with treatment 4 were also significantly better than those of other groups. It demonstrated that different post-harvest commercial treatments had great impact on the quality of sweet cherry under express delivery conditions. The number of molds on the surface and the rot rate of the cherry fruit could be significantly reduced, and the quality of fruit could be improved by timely pre-cooling, sterilization with acidic electrolyzed water and temperature control with refrigerant.