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Comparison of Fruit Characteristics of ‘Fuji’/M.26 in Response to Ethephon Treatment and Combined Treatment of Ethephon and CaCl2 During Maturing Stages

Ethephon 단용처리와 Ethephon 및 염화칼슘 혼합처리에 따른 사과 ‘Fuji’/M.26의 성숙기 과실특성 비교

Sewon Oh12
,
Seong Ho Moon3
,
Keum-Il Jang4
,
Junsoo Lee4
,
Daeil Kim5*
오 세원12
,
문 성호3
,
장 금일4
,
이 준수4
,
김 대일5*
1Invited Assistant Professor, Division of Animal, Horticultural, and Food Sciences, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
2Post-doctoral Researcher, Fruit Research Division, National Institute of Horticultural and Herbal Science, Rural Development Administration, Wanju 55365, Korea
3Professor, Department of Horticulture, Chungbuk Agriculture Meister College, Ochang 28550, Korea
4Professor, Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
5Professor, Department of Horticultural Science, Chungbuk National University, Cheongju 28644, Korea
1충북대학교 축산‧원예‧식품공학부, 초빙조교수
2농촌진흥청 국립원예특작과학원 원예작물부 과수과, 박사후연구원
3충북농업마이스터대학 원예학과, 사과 전공 주임교수
4충북대학교 식품생명공학과, 교수
5충북대학교 원예과학과, 교수
*Corresponding Author
1 October 2023. pp. 517-526
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Abstract

The harvest time of the late-ripening ‘Fuji’ apple (Malus × domestica) is variable, depending on the coloration of the fruit skin. Ethephon, a plant growth regulator, promotes the ethylene production and induces physiological responses associated with fruit maturation in climacteric fruit crops, such as apples. This study aimed to investigate the effect of ethephon treatment on fruit characteristics after fruit enlargement, with the objective of proposing an economical and stable harvest control method for ‘Fuji’/M.26 apples. Fruit characteristics were assessed at 10-days intervals following the application of 100 ㎎/L ethephon and mixture of 100 ㎎/L ethephon and 0.5% CaCl2 at 145 days after full bloom (DAFB). Starch contents of ethephon-treated (ET) and ethephon with CaCl2-treated (EC) apples began to decrease from 155 DAFB, and the starch contents of ET and EC at 10 days before harvest were similar to those of control at harvest time. Red coloration of fruit skin in EC was lower compared to ET but higher than control. The average fruit firmness was low in ET, while the control and EC exhibited similar levels of firmness. Fruit sugar acid ratios did not show significant differences between treatments. However, the titratable acidity of EC was significantly lower than that of the control at 10 days before harvest. Moreover, fruit sugar acid ratio of ET and EC at 10 days before harvest in 2021 was similar to their sugar acid ratio at harvest time. Therefore, it was thought that fruit maturation and skin coloration could be accelerated by 10 days from the harvest time through the combined treatment of 100 ㎎/L ethephon and 0.5% CaCl2 at the end of fruit enlargement in ‘Fuji’/M.26.

Keywords
Ethylene
Fruit skin coloration
Harvest time
Malus × domestica
Plant growth regulator
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  • Publisher :The Plant Resources Society of Korea
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국자원식물학회
  • Journal Title :Korean Journal of Plant Resources
  • Journal Title(Ko) :한국자원식물학회지
  • Volume : 36
  • No :5
  • Pages :517-526
  • Received Date : 2023-07-21
  • Revised Date : 2023-08-02
  • Accepted Date : 2023-08-03
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7732/kjpr.2023.36.5.517
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