- Title
- Nitric oxide and postharvest stress of fruits, vegetables and ornamentals
- Creator
- Wills, R. B. H.; Pristijono, P.; Golding, J. B.
- Relation
- Nitric Oxide Action in Abiotic Stress Responses in Plants p. 221-238
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-17804-2_14
- Publisher
- Springer
- Resource Type
- book chapter
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Horticultural produce is impacted by a range of abiotic stresses during storage and marketing that accelerate ripening and senescence and thus reduce shelf life. Exogenous application of nitric oxide (NO) by gas fumigation or dipping in a solution of NO-donor compound has been demonstrated to alleviate some of the effects of abiotic stress on a wide range of produce. A key reported beneficial effect of NO treatment is to reduce the production of ethylene. Other reported beneficial effects of NO treatment include a reduced rate of respiration and reduced ion leakage resulting from better maintenance of cellular integrity; reduction in oxidative stress through reduced lipid oxidation and enhanced activity of a range of antioxidant enzymes which have been implicated in defence mechanisms; inhibition of polyphenol oxidase activity associated with reduced internal and surface browning; and alleviation of chilling injury potentially through enhancing the natural antioxidant defence systems which could include endogenous NO. Postharvest application of NO is a potential new technology to reduce losses of horticultural produce during handling and marketing.
- Subject
- chilling injury; ethylene; polyphenols; ripening; senescence
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1329879
- Identifier
- uon:26264
- Identifier
- ISBN:9783319178035
- Rights
- The original publication is available at www.springerlink.com http://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007%2F978-3-319-17804-2_14
- Language
- eng
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