Effect of Edible Wax on Postharvest Greening of Potato Tubers during Light Exposure
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Plant Material and Experimental Site
2.2. Experimental Treatment
2.3. Colour Assessments
2.3.1. Subjective Colour Assessment
2.3.2. Tuber Skin Colour Assessment
2.4. Determination of Peel Pigmentation
2.5. Confocal Laser Scanning Microscope
2.6. Scanning Electron Microscope
2.7. Statistical Analysis
3. Results and Discussion
3.1. Peel Colour Changed as a Result of Coating during Postharvest Light Exposure in Both Cultivars
3.2. Pigmentation in Potato Tuber in Response to Coating during Postharvest Light Exposure
3.3. Correlation of Evaluated Greening Parameter during Light Exposure
3.4. Chlorophyll Fluorescence in Tuber Peel Reduced by Coating during Postharvest Exposure in Both Potato Cultivars
3.5. Coating Maintained Starch Granule Size in Potato Tubers during Postharvest Light Exposure
4. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Greening % | a* | b* | C* | h° | L* | Total Chlorophyll | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greening % | 1 | −0.966 ** | −0.852 ** | −0.851 ** | 0.977 ** | −0.786 ** | 0.942 ** |
a* | 1 | 0.82 ** | 0.825 ** | −0.995 ** | 0.748 * | −0.924 ** | |
b* | 1 | 0.999 ** | −0.832 ** | 0.544 | −0.907 ** | ||
C* | 1 | −0.831 ** | 0.555 | −0.900 ** | |||
h° | 1 | −0.768 ** | 0.950 ** | ||||
L* | 1 | −0.692 * | |||||
Total Chlorophyll | 1 |
Greening % | a* | b* | C* | h° | L* | Total Chlorophyll | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Greening % | 1 | −0.961 ** | −0.623 | −0.619 | 0.959 ** | −0.920 ** | 0.884 ** |
a* | 1 | 0.563 | 0.555 | −0.997 ** | 0.920 ** | −0.907 ** | |
b* | 1 | 1.000 ** | −0.582 | 0.625 | −0.748 * | ||
C* | 1 | −0.574 | 0.619 | −0.740 * | |||
h° | 1 | −0.937 ** | 0.930 ** | ||||
L* | 1 | −0.942 ** | |||||
Total Chlorophyll | 1 |
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Manamela, J.M.; Satekge, T.K.; Mafeo, T.P.; Aliniaeifard, S. Effect of Edible Wax on Postharvest Greening of Potato Tubers during Light Exposure. Horticulturae 2024, 10, 922. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090922
Manamela JM, Satekge TK, Mafeo TP, Aliniaeifard S. Effect of Edible Wax on Postharvest Greening of Potato Tubers during Light Exposure. Horticulturae. 2024; 10(9):922. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090922
Chicago/Turabian StyleManamela, Juliet Makalla, Thabiso Kenneth Satekge, Tieho Paulus Mafeo, and Sasan Aliniaeifard. 2024. "Effect of Edible Wax on Postharvest Greening of Potato Tubers during Light Exposure" Horticulturae 10, no. 9: 922. https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10090922