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Post-harvest fungal occurrence on commercial strawberry cultivars grown in Australia: impact of phytochemical composition

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The aim of this study was to isolate and identify the spoilage fungi from four Australian grown commercial strawberry cultivars, namely Fortuna, Festival, Ruby Gem, and Red Rhapsody, and to investigate their correlation with the studied physicochemical properties in all four cultivars. To further understand the differences in postharvest resistance behavior of strawberries, the correlation between chemical composition, in particular pelargonidin-3-glucoside (the major anthocyanin in strawberry), and fungal decay was studied. Results showed significant differences in (poly)phenolic content between the four investigated cultivars, in particular total phenolics and pelargonidin-3-glucoside. Moreover, the studied strawberries significantly varied (p < 0.05) in other evaluated parameters such as pH, sugars, and ascorbic acid. The Red Rhapsody cultivar with higher contents of total phenolics and pelargonidin-3-glucoside exhibited higher resistance to fungal growth, which was further confirmed by the results of principal component analysis. Findings from this study could benefit the food industry through lessening postharvest spoilage by breeding strawberries with higher polyphenolic content.

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The authors would like to thank Margaret Currie, Andrew Cusack, and Panhchapor Chhim for their technical assistance, and Australian Government for the Research Training Program Scholarship.

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This work was supported by The University of Queensland, and Horticulture Innovation Australia Limited through the HN15001 Naturally Nutritious project.

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    Maral Seidi Damyeh, Chrishanthi W. Fernando, Anh Dao Thi Phan, Hung T. Hong, Michael E. Netzel, Mridusmita Chaliha & Yasmina Sultanbawa

  2. Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Queensland Government, Coopers Plains, QLD, 4108, Australia

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Damyeh, M.S., Fernando, C.W., Phan, A.D.T. et al. Post-harvest fungal occurrence on commercial strawberry cultivars grown in Australia: impact of phytochemical composition. Food Measure 15, 3811–3822 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-021-00924-8

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