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Review
. 2022 Jul 20;70(28):8593-8597.
doi: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c01305. Epub 2022 Jul 6.

Postharvest High-CO2 Treatments on the Quality of Soft Fruit Berries: An Integrated Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Approach

Irene Romero  1 , M Isabel Escribano  1 , Carmen Merodio  1 , M Teresa Sanchez-Ballesta  1
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Postharvest High-CO2 Treatments on the Quality of Soft Fruit Berries: An Integrated Transcriptomic, Proteomic, and Metabolomic Approach

Irene Romero et al. J Agric Food Chem. .

Abstract

Soft fruits are appreciated for their taste qualities and for being a source of health-promoting compounds. However, their postharvest is affected by their high respiratory rates and susceptibility to fungal decay. Our aim here is to provide a perspective on the application of short-term high-CO2 treatments at a low temperature to maintain the postharvest quality of soft fruits. This work also suggests using a multi-omics approach to better understand the role of the cell wall and phenolic compounds in maintaining quality. Finally, the contribution of high-throughput transcriptomic technologies to understand the mechanisms modulated by the short-term gaseous treatments is also highlighted.

Keywords: fruit quality; gaseous treatments; omics technologies; postharvest; soft fruit berries.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no competing financial interest.

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Schematic of future prospects for a multi-omics approach aiming to determine the effect of short-term CO2 treatments in soft fruit berries.
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