title: Combination of UV-C treatment and Metschnikowia pulcherrimas for controlling Alternaria rot in postharvest winter jujube fruit.
abstract: The potential of using antagonistic yeast Metschnikowia pulcherrimas alone or in combination with ultraviolet-C (UV-C) treatment for controlling Alternaria rot of winter jujube, and its effects on postharvest quality of fruit was investigated. The results showed that spore germination of Alternaria alternata was significantly inhibited by each of the 3 doses (1, 5, and 10 kJ m(-2) ) in vitro. In vivo, UV-C treatment (5 kJ m(-2) ) or antagonist yeast was capable of reducing the percentage of infected wounds and lesion diameter in artificially inoculated jujube fruits, however, in fruit treated with combination of UV-C treatment and M. pulcherrima, the percentage of infected wounds and lesion diameter was only 16.0% and 0.60 cm, respectively. The decay incidence on winter jujube fruits treated with the combination of UV-C treatment and M. pulcherrima was 23% after storage at 0 ± 1 °C for 45 d followed by 22 °C for 7 d. None of the treatments impaired quality parameters of jujube fruit. Thus, the combination of UV-C radiation and M. pulcherrima could be an alternative to synthetic fungicides for controlling postharvest Alternaria rot of winter jujube.
authors.affiliation: College of Life Science, Tarim Univ, and Xinjiang Production & Construction Group Key Laboratory of Agricultural Products Processing in Xinjiang South, 843300, Alar, Xinjiang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Dongqi
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Guo
authors.forename: Lixia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Zhu
authors.forename: Xujie
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Hou
mesh_terms: D000528:Alternaria / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D005514:Food Irradiation / Q000379:methods; D005519:Food Preservation / Q000379:methods; D005638:Fruit / Q000187:drug effects / Q000382:microbiology*; D005659:Fungicides, Industrial / Q000494:pharmacology; D055163:Metschnikowia / Q000502:physiology*; D010935:Plant Diseases / Q000382:microbiology / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012621:Seasons; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D031957:Ziziphus / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D005659:Fungicides, Industrial
keywords: Alternaria rot; M. pulcherrimas; UV-C treatment; quality parameters; winter jujube