Wang Haofei, Cui Jiayi, Bao Rui, Zhang Hui, Zhao Zi, Chen Xuanye, Wu Zhangfei, Wang Chaonan
Xinjiang Agricultural University, Xinjiang Special Melon and Fruit Variety Improvement and Logistics Transportation Joint Research Center, Urumqi, China.
Xinjiang Agricultural University, College of Horticulture, Urumqi, China.
PeerJ. 2024 Aug 5;12:e17800. doi: 10.7717/peerj.17800. eCollection 2024.
As an important global agricultural cash crop, melon has a long history of cultivation and a wide planting area. The physiological metabolism of melon after harvest is relatively strong; if not properly stored, melon is easily invaded by external pathogens during transportation, resulting in economic losses and greatly limiting its production, development and market supply. Therefore, the storage and freshness of melon are the main challenges in realizing the annual supply of melon, so postharvest storage has received increasing amounts of attention from researchers.
This study used academic, PubMed, and Web of Science resources to retrieve keywords related to postharvest storage and melon quality; read, refined, classified, and sorted the retrieved literature; sorted and summarized the relevant research results; and finally completed this article.
This article reviews the mechanism and effects of physical, chemical and biological preservation techniques on the sensory quality, compound contents and respiratory physiological activities of different varieties of melon fruits. When maintaining normal metabolism and not producing physiological disorders, melon inhibits cell wall metabolism, reactive oxygen species metabolism and the ethylene biosynthesis pathway, ., to the greatest extent during postharvest storage, thereby reducing the material consumption of fruits, delaying the ripening and senescence process, and prolonging the postharvest life and shelf life.
The literature provides a theoretical basis for postharvest preservation technology in the melon industry in the future and provides corresponding guidance for the development of the melon industry.
甜瓜作为一种重要的全球农业经济作物，有着悠久的种植历史和广泛的种植面积。甜瓜采后生理代谢较为旺盛；若储存不当，甜瓜在运输过程中易受外界病原菌侵染，造成经济损失，极大地限制了其生产、发展及市场供应。因此，甜瓜的储存保鲜是实现甜瓜周年供应的主要挑战，采后储存受到了研究人员越来越多的关注。
本研究利用学术资源、PubMed及科学网检索与采后储存和甜瓜品质相关的关键词；对检索到的文献进行阅读、提炼、分类和整理；对相关研究结果进行梳理和总结；最终完成本文。
本文综述了物理、化学和生物保鲜技术对不同品种甜瓜果实感官品质、化合物含量及呼吸生理活动的作用机制和影响。在维持正常代谢且不产生生理紊乱的情况下，甜瓜在采后储存期间最大程度地抑制细胞壁代谢、活性氧代谢及乙烯生物合成途径等，从而减少果实物质消耗，延缓成熟衰老进程，延长采后寿命和货架期。
该文献为今后甜瓜产业采后保鲜技术提供了理论依据，为甜瓜产业发展提供了相应指导。
