Acta Agriculturae Zhejiangensis ›› 2021, Vol. 33 ›› Issue (11): 2059-2067.DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.1004-1524.2021.11.08

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Effect of different light-emitting diode (LED) light treatments on postharvest quality of chili pepper (Capsicum annum L.)

MAO Qi1,2(), YANG Youxin3, FAN Feijun4, WAN Hongjian1, ZHOU Guozhi1, YAO Zhuping1, RUAN Meiying1, WANG Rongqing1, YE Qingjing1, LI Zhimiao1, CHEN Shuangchen2, CHENG Yuan1,*()   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory Breeding Base for Zhejiang Sustainable Pest and Disease Control, Institute of Vegetables, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou 310021, China
    2. Forestry College, Henan University of Science and Technology, Luoyang 471003, China
    3. Department of Horticulture, College of Agriculture, Jiangxi Agricultural University, Nanchang 330045, China
    4. Lishui Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Zhejiang Province, Lishui 323000, China
  • Received:2020-10-16 Online:2021-11-25 Published:2021-11-26
  • Contact: CHENG Yuan

Abstract:

In order to explore the effect of different light-emitting diode(LED) treatments on the quality of pepper fruit, white LED, red LED and blue LED were introduced in the treatment of the postharvest fruits of chili pepper P1833 (Capsicum annum L.). The results showed that white LED light treatment significantly reduced the capsaicinoid content and increased the content of chlorophyll (P<0.05) compared with the control; There was no significant difference in fruit weight and hardness between red LED light treatment and the control (darkness treatment), but protein and vitamin C content of pepper fruits were significantly higher than the control under red LED light treatment(P<0.05). Capsaicinoid content of pepper treated with blue LED light was significantly lower compared with the control, but higher than that in white LED and red LED light treatment, and vitamin C content was sharply higher than that of the control (P<0.05). In addition,the contents of total amino acids, essential amino acids for human body, essential amino acids for children and umami taste amino acids of pepper treated with blue LED light were about twice as much as those of the control group, and the nutritional value of human essential amino acids was significantly higher than the control and the other light treatments. Given the above, white LED, red LED and blue LED lights play important roles in delaying the fruit chlorosis, maintaining the marketability and increasing the nutritional value of amino acids during postharvest storage, respectively. The results of this study provided a novel idea of maintaining the quality of pepper during storage.

Key words: light-emitting diode (LED) light, pepper, postharvest quality, capsaicinoid, amino acids

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