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Abstract

Cold storage is used to extend peach commercial life, but can affect quality. Quality changes are assessed through the content of nutritionally relevant compounds, aroma, physical characters and/or sensorially. Here, six peach and nectarine cultivars were sampled at commercial harvest and after 7 days of 1 °C storage. A trained panel was used to evaluate sensorial characters, while carotenoids, phenolics, vitamin C, total sugars, and qualitative traits including firmness, titrable acidity and soluble solid content were integrated with volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis previously reported. The different analyses reveal interesting patterns of correlation, and the six cultivars responded differently to cold storage. Sensory parameters were correlated with 64 VOCs and seven intrinsic characters. Acidity, firmness, and 10 VOCs were strongly negatively correlated with harmony and sweetness, but positively correlated with bitterness, astringency, and crunchiness. In contrast, Brix, b-carotene, and six VOCs were positively correlated with harmony and sweetness.

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Title
Fruitomics: The Importance of Combining Sensory and Chemical Analyses in Assessing Cold Storage Responses of Six Peach (Prunus persica L. Batsch) Cultivars
Author
Muto, Antonella 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Christofides, Sarah R 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Sirangelo, Tiziana Maria 3   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bartella, Lucia 4 ; Muller, Carsten 2   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Leonardo Di Donna 4 ; Muzzalupo, Innocenzo 5   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Bruno, Leonardo 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Ferrante, Antonio 6   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Chiappetta, Adriana A C 1 ; Bitonti, Maria Beatrice 1   VIAFID ORCID Logo  ; Rogers, Hilary J 2 ; Spadafora, Natasha Damiana 7   VIAFID ORCID Logo 

 Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Ponte P. Bucci 6b, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy 
 School of Biosciences, Cardiff University, Sir Martin Evans Building, Museum Avenue, Cardiff CF10 3AX, UK 
 Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Ponte P. Bucci 6b, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy; CREA—Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Genomics and Bioinformatics Research Center, 26836 Montanaso Lombardo, Italy 
 Department of Chemistry and Chemical Technologies, University of Calabria, Via Ponte P. Bucci 12c, 87036 Rende, Italy 
 CREA—Council for Agricultural Research and Agricultural Economy Analysis, Forestry and Wood Research Center, 87036 Rende, Italy 
 Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science–Production, Landscape, Agroenergy, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Celoria 2, 20133 Milan, Italy 
 Department of Biology, Ecology and Earth Sciences, University of Calabria, Via Ponte P. Bucci 6b, Arcavacata di Rende, 87036 Cosenza, Italy; Markes International Ltd., 1000B Central Park, Western Avenue, Bridgend CF31 3RT, UK; Department of Chemical, Pharmaceutical and Agricultural Sciences, University of Ferrara, 44121 Ferrara, Italy 
First page
2554
Publication year
2022
Publication date
2022
Publisher
MDPI AG
e-ISSN
23048158
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2711283794
Copyright
© 2022 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.