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Postharvest application effect of agave fructans on anthracnose disease, defense-related enzyme activities, and quality attributes in avocado fruit

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The postharvest application of high degree of polymerization agave fructans (HDPAF) was tested, evaluating anthracnose disease, defense-related enzyme activities, and quality attributes in avocado fruit. Application of a 20% HDPAF solution showed a reduction in anthracnose severity (60%) and incidence (34%) compared to the other concentrations evaluated and the water-treated control. Polyphenoloxidase activity increased 4.6 times more 24 h after treatment. In addition, peroxidase and phenylalanine ammonia-lyase enzyme activity was 4.34 and 1.7 times higher than the control at 0.5 h after treatment. HDPAF retrieves the deceleration of both firmness loss and physiological weight loss compared to the control. Regarding quality parameters such as color, pH, total soluble solids, and titratable acidity, no significant differences were observed between treatments compared to the control; therefore, these parameters were not negatively affected by HDPAF treatments, but a positive effect on the induction of the defense system is shown.

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This work was supported by the “National Technological Institute of Mexico” by the Project Number 10711.21-P and the Mexican National Council for Science and Technology (CONACYT) for the scholarship granted to Esther Angélica Cuéllar-Torres (Grant No. 425945). To the student Samantha Hazel Aldrete Gutiérrez for her support in carrying out the quality tests. To Kurt Alejandro Kanzler for reviewing the manuscript for grammar and syntax.

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  1. Laboratorio Integral de Investigación en Alimentos, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Tepic, Av. Tecnológico 2595, C.P. 63175, Tepic, Nayarit, Mexico

    Esther Angélica Cuéllar-Torres, Selene Aguilera-Aguirre, Miriam del Carmen Bañuelos-González, Rosa Isela Ortiz-Basurto, Efigenia Montalvo-González & Martina Alejandra Chacón-López

  2. Departamento de Ingeniería Bioquímica, Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico Superior de Purísima del Rincón, Boulevard del Valle 2301, Guardarrayas Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato, Mexico

    Luis Ángel Xoca-Orozco

  3. Laboratorio de Ciencias Agro-Genómicas, Escuela Nacional de Estudios Superiores-UNAM, León, Guanajuato, Mexico

    Julio Vega-Arreguín

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Cuéllar-Torres, E.A., Aguilera-Aguirre, S., del Carmen Bañuelos-González, M. et al. Postharvest application effect of agave fructans on anthracnose disease, defense-related enzyme activities, and quality attributes in avocado fruit. Food Sci Biotechnol 31, 1411–1421 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10068-022-01135-7

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