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Novel postharvest management using laser irradiation to maintain the quality of strawberry

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Strawberry fruits are perishable fruits and deteriorate vastly after harvest. This study aimed to maintain the quality attributes of strawberry fruit during seven days of cold storage using diode laser irradiation. Strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa, cv. Festival) were irradiated with diode laser at wavelength of 450 nm and light intensity of 1.3 mWcm−2 for 3, 6, and 12 min, while the non-irradiated fruits served as the control sample, then the fruit was packed and stored for 7 days at 10 °C and 85–90% relative humidity. The findings showed a significant reduction in weight loss and decay percentages of treated strawberries with 3 and 6 min of laser light, while control and 12 min laser irradiated samples exhibited the highest significant increase in weight loss and fungal decay. All laser treatments retained firmness of the flesh until the fifth day of storage, meanwhile the control sample became softer and fully mature, and at the end of the storage period, the control sample lost 77.9% of the firmness compared to 9.94% of 3 min treated fruit. Laser light had a marginal effect on pH, titratable acidity, and the content of anthocyanin. The results revealed that low exposure duration of laser treatment decreased darkness, and Chroma and total soluble solids (TSS) were maintained. Vitamin C showed a slight increase for all treatments and by the end of the storage period, the 3 min treated sample had the highest significant value of 73.04 mg/100 g compared to the lowest significant value of 65.86 mg/100 g of control. It was noticed that laser irradiation significantly reduced the reduction percentage of antioxidant activity compared to the control sample even with the highest exposure time of laser irradiation.

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This work was supported by Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Egypt. And National Institute of Laser Enhanced Science (NILES), Cairo University, Egypt.

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  1. Agricultural Engineering Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Dokki, P.O. Box 256, Giza, 12611, Egypt

    Liela Mohamed Ali & Abd El-Rahman Abd El-Raouf Ahmed

  2. Medicinal and Aromatic Dept., Horticultural Research Institute, Agricultural Research Center, Giza, Egypt

    Sherif Saied Saleh

  3. National Institute of Laser Enhanced Sciences (NILES), Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Helmy El-Sayed Hasan

  4. Agricultural Engineering Dept., Faculty of Agriculture, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt

    Ahmed El-Raie Emam Suliman

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Ali, L.M., Saleh, S.S., Ahmed, A.ER.A.ER. et al. Novel postharvest management using laser irradiation to maintain the quality of strawberry. Food Measure 14, 3615–3624 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11694-020-00600-3

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