Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2022, Vol. 34 ›› Issue (6): 1133-1140.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2022.06.04

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Characteristics of soluble sugar components in waxy corn and its postharvest quality

REN Mengyun(), DU Longgang(), WANG Meixing, HUANG Yifeng   

  1. Institute of Crops and Nuclear Technology Utilization, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
  • Received:2021-09-08 Online:2022-06-25 Published:2022-06-30
  • Contact: DU Longgang

Abstract:

Fresh food quality of waxy corn after harvest is an important standard for varieties evaluation. To explore the relationship between waxy corn quality and sugar contents, the content of soluble sugar in raw storage ears of 63 waxy corn germplasm resources were determined by high performance liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detector (HPLC-ELSD), and the soluble sugar content in steamed storage ears of 8 important waxy corn germplasm resources were measured. Results showed that there were three soluble sugars of fructose, glucose and sucrose in both raw and steamed storage ears. In the raw storage ears, the sucrose content was the highest, with an average content of 44.22 mg·g-1, accounting for 65.60% of the soluble sugar. The fructose and glucose content were similar, with an average of 10.49 mg·g-1 and 19.86 mg·g-1, respectively. The content of soluble sugar in raw storage ears mainly depended on sucrose. The content of sucrose and reducing sugar in steamed ears were decreased. Soluble sugar and sucrose were important indicators to evaluate the sweetness of waxy corn. With the duration of storage, content of soluble sugar in fresh waxy corn decreased and the degradation rate was assessed by sucrose degradation rate. Two germplasm with specific soluble sugar of waxy corn in postharvest storage were selected according to soluble sugar content and degradation rate, and these findings could provide scientific basis for the development of postharvest preservation technology of waxy corn.

Key words: waxy corn, storage tolerance, mechanism of sugar metabolism, high performance liquid chromatography with evaporative light scattering detector

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