Feruloyl Glyceride Mitigates Tomato Postharvest Rot by Inhibiting Penicillium expansum Spore Germination and Enhancing Suberin Accumulation
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Microbial Materials and Treatments
2.2. Fruits and Treatments
2.3. Measurement of Relative Fungal Biomass
2.4. Analysis of Weight Loss and Fruit Firmness
2.5. Measurement of Soluble Solids Content (SSC) and Titratable Acid (TA)
2.6. Determination of Lycopene
2.7. Determination of Anthocyanin
2.8. Microscopy Observation of Suberin Polyphenols
2.9. Metabolites Profiling
2.10. Transcriptomic Profiling
2.11. Total RNA Isolation and Quantitative Real-Time PCR (qRT-PCR) Analysis
2.12. Statistical Analysis
3. Results
3.1. FG Inhibits the Growth of P. expansum In Vitro
3.2. FG Suppresses Penicillium Rot of Tomato Fruits without Affecting the Quality
3.3. FG Enhances Suberin Accumulation on the Wound Surface
3.4. Impact of FG on Differential Modulation in Suberin Metabolites
3.5. FG Stimulates the Transcription and Expression of Suberin-Related Genes
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Gao, J.; Song, W.; Tang, X.; Liu, Y.; Miao, M. Feruloyl Glyceride Mitigates Tomato Postharvest Rot by Inhibiting Penicillium expansum Spore Germination and Enhancing Suberin Accumulation. Foods 2024, 13, 1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13081147
Gao J, Song W, Tang X, Liu Y, Miao M. Feruloyl Glyceride Mitigates Tomato Postharvest Rot by Inhibiting Penicillium expansum Spore Germination and Enhancing Suberin Accumulation. Foods. 2024; 13(8):1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13081147
Chicago/Turabian StyleGao, Jieyu, Wu Song, Xiaofeng Tang, Yongsheng Liu, and Min Miao. 2024. "Feruloyl Glyceride Mitigates Tomato Postharvest Rot by Inhibiting Penicillium expansum Spore Germination and Enhancing Suberin Accumulation" Foods 13, no. 8: 1147. https://doi.org/10.3390/foods13081147