A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community
Sweet cherry has a short shelf life due to the occurrence of senescence and fungal infection after harvest. This study aimed to study the effects of high-voltage electrostatic field (HVEF) on the physicochemical properties and fungal composition of sweet cherry during cold storage. The experiments w...
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| author | Yanlong Liu Lulu Zhang Tan Hu Qiongyin Liu Shuya Zhou Yi Zhao Abdul-Nabi Jatt Caili Zhang Hansheng Gong |
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| description | Sweet cherry has a short shelf life due to the occurrence of senescence and fungal infection after harvest. This study aimed to study the effects of high-voltage electrostatic field (HVEF) on the physicochemical properties and fungal composition of sweet cherry during cold storage. The experiments were conducted at 4 °C for 28 days and the quality indicators were determined every 7 days during the period of storage. The fungal composition on sweet cherry was determined using high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that HVEF could better maintain the total soluble solids and inhibit the respiration of cherries. The decay incidence in sweet cherries was decreased by HVEF during cold storage. High-throughput sequencing revealed that HVEF could alter the fungal community and increase the fungal diversity on sweet cherries. Compared with the control group, HVEF decreased the abundance of <i>Alternaria</i> and <i>Cladosporium</i> on sweet cherries, while <i>Aureobasidium</i>, as a nonpathogenic fungus, increased and became the dominant strain at the end of the storage period. In summary, HVEF can improve the physicochemical properties of sweet cherry by inhibiting respiration and can reduce decay incidence by inhibiting specific pathogenic fungi. HVEF is expected to become an efficient and promising technology for the preservation of fruit. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3dd6af30fa343069ea0bc2ed28d55102025-08-20T02:05:02ZengMDPI AGFoods2304-81582024-11-011322367010.3390/foods13223670A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal CommunityYanlong Liu0Lulu Zhang1Tan Hu2Qiongyin Liu3Shuya Zhou4Yi Zhao5Abdul-Nabi Jatt6Caili Zhang7Hansheng Gong8School of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSchool of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798, SingaporeSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaInstitute of Microbiology, University of Sindh, Jamshoro 76080, PakistanSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSchool of Food Engineering, Ludong University, Yantai 264025, ChinaSweet cherry has a short shelf life due to the occurrence of senescence and fungal infection after harvest. This study aimed to study the effects of high-voltage electrostatic field (HVEF) on the physicochemical properties and fungal composition of sweet cherry during cold storage. The experiments were conducted at 4 °C for 28 days and the quality indicators were determined every 7 days during the period of storage. The fungal composition on sweet cherry was determined using high-throughput sequencing. The results showed that HVEF could better maintain the total soluble solids and inhibit the respiration of cherries. The decay incidence in sweet cherries was decreased by HVEF during cold storage. High-throughput sequencing revealed that HVEF could alter the fungal community and increase the fungal diversity on sweet cherries. Compared with the control group, HVEF decreased the abundance of <i>Alternaria</i> and <i>Cladosporium</i> on sweet cherries, while <i>Aureobasidium</i>, as a nonpathogenic fungus, increased and became the dominant strain at the end of the storage period. In summary, HVEF can improve the physicochemical properties of sweet cherry by inhibiting respiration and can reduce decay incidence by inhibiting specific pathogenic fungi. HVEF is expected to become an efficient and promising technology for the preservation of fruit.https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/22/3670sweet cherryhigh-voltage electrostatic fieldphysicochemical propertiesfungal community |
| spellingShingle | Yanlong Liu Lulu Zhang Tan Hu Qiongyin Liu Shuya Zhou Yi Zhao Abdul-Nabi Jatt Caili Zhang Hansheng Gong A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community Foods sweet cherry high-voltage electrostatic field physicochemical properties fungal community |
| title | A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community |
| title_full | A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community |
| title_fullStr | A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community |
| title_full_unstemmed | A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community |
| title_short | A New Strategy for Enhancing Postharvest Quality of Sweet Cherry: High-Voltage Electrostatic Field Improves the Physicochemical Properties and Fungal Community |
| title_sort | new strategy for enhancing postharvest quality of sweet cherry high voltage electrostatic field improves the physicochemical properties and fungal community |
| topic | sweet cherry high-voltage electrostatic field physicochemical properties fungal community |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2304-8158/13/22/3670 |
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