Integrated technological process of postharvest treatment of fruits for the control of rot, with no use of agrochemicals

• Grant number: 18/25318-7
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• Duration: July 01, 2019 - June 30, 2021
• Field of knowledge: Agronomical Sciences - Agronomy - Plant Health
• Principal Investigator: Daniel Terao
• Grantee: Daniel Terao
• Host Institution: Embrapa Meio-Ambiente. Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária (EMBRAPA). Ministério da Agricultura, Pecuária e Abastecimento (Brasil). Jaguariúna , SP, Brazil
• Associated researchers: Bernardo de Almeida Halfeld Vieira ; Fabiana Fumi Cerqueira Sasaki ; Fernanda Ferraz Camilo ; Jorge Minoru Hashimoto ; Katia de Lima Nechet ; Marcia Miguel Castro Ferreira ; Marcos Augusto Bizeto ; Rosa Toyoko Shiraishi Frighetto ; Sonia Claudia Do Nascimento de Queiroz
• Associated scholarship(s): 19/27189-2 - Evaluation of postharvest physical treatments: Hidrotermic and UV-C radiation combined with ozonization on control of fruit postharvest diseases, BP.TT; 19/26160-0 - Evaluation of natural coating combined with essential oils on the control of postharvest diseases in fruits, BP.TT

Abstract

The present project proposes to provide an innovative technological process, alternative to the use of agrochemicals, and to validate a pilot fruit postharvest treatment equipment. The process combines physical methods (hydrothermal treatment by spraying and irradiation with UVC light) with ozonated water application to control postharvest diseases of mango, orange, melon, and papaya. In order to prolong the residual period of control, ozonized mineral oil and edible coatings based on carboxymethylcellulose and chitosan impregnated with mesoporous silica containing natural bioactive compounds, will, also, be evaluated. The motivation for the development of this technology lies in the demand of producers, exporters, and consumers of fruit, for effective treatments to control rot, which maintain the freshness and quality of the fruit, and that are safe and clean, without the use of fungicides and other chemical compounds that leave toxic residues harmful to health. The physical methods are proven to be effective to control microorganisms, besides acting positively on the physiology of the fruit, not only delaying biochemical processes of maturation and senescence, but also inducing mechanisms of resistance against the attack of phytopathogens, prolonging the shelf life of the fruit. Ozone is highly reactive and has high oxidative power with germicidal effect three thousand times higher than chlorine's. Two ways of ozone application will be evaluated, one by dipping the fruit in ozonated water and the other by spraying ozonated mineral oil, which allows the ozone to remain free and active on fruit surface for at least 40 days. Edible coatings based on carboxymethylcellulose and chitosan with mesoporous silica, besides prolonging the fruit shelf-life safely, allow the immobilization and release of essential-oil based bioactive compounds, in a controlled way, extending the period of control efficiently. (AU)

Scientific publications

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(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TERAO, DANIEL; NECHET, KATIA DE LIMA; SHIRAISHI FRIGHETTO, ROSA TOYOKO; CERQUEIRA SASAKI, FABIANA FUMI. Ozonated water combined with heat treatment to control the stem-end rot of papaya. Scientia Horticulturae, v. 257, NOV 17 2019. (18/25318-7)

TERAO, DANIEL; NECHET, KATIA L.; FRIGHETTO, ROSA T. S.; ANJOS, VALERIA D. A.; MAIA, ALINE H. N.; HALFELD-VIEIRA, BERNARDO A.. ontrol of Fusarium rot in Galia melon and preservation of fruit quality with UV-C radiation and hot water treatment. TROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOGY, v. 46, n. 3, p. 350-359, JUN 2021. (18/25318-7)

TERAO, DANIEL; NASCIMENTO QUEIROZ, SONIA CLAUDIA; NUNES MAIA, ALINE DE HOLANDA. ioactive compound isolated from Conyza canadensis combined with physical treatments for the control of green mould in Orang. JOURNAL OF PHYTOPATHOLOGY, v. 170, n. 3, JAN 2022. (18/25318-7)

LARISSA ROCHA TERRA; MARCIA MIGUEL CASTRO FERREIRA; DANIEL TERAO; SONIA CLAUDIA DO NASCIMENTO DE QUEIROZ. OTIMIZAÇÃO DO PROCESSO NÃO INVASIVO E NÃO DESTRUTIVO DE EXTRAÇÃO E ANÁLISE DE METABÓLITOS VOLÁTEIS DE MAMÃO PAPAIA POR SPME-GC-MS. Química Nova, v. 43, n. 9, p. 1240-1245, 2020-10-28. (19/10043-5, 18/25318-7)

TERAO, DANIEL; NECHET, KATIA L.; FRIGHETTO, ROSA T. S.; ANJOS, VALERIA D. A.; MAIA, ALINE H. N.; HALFELD-VIEIRA, BERNARDO A.. Control of Fusarium rot in Galia melon and preservation of fruit quality with UV-C radiation and hot water treatments. ROPICAL PLANT PATHOLOG, v. 46, n. 3, p. 10-pg., 2021-05-07. (18/25318-7)