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Review
. 2024 Apr 24;13(9):1307.
doi: 10.3390/foods13091307.

Advances in the Understanding of Postharvest Physiological Changes and the Storage and Preservation of Pitaya

Xiaogang Wang  1 , Jianye Chen  2 , Donglan Luo  3 , Liangjie Ba  1
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Advances in the Understanding of Postharvest Physiological Changes and the Storage and Preservation of Pitaya

Xiaogang Wang et al. Foods. .

Abstract

Highly prized for its unique taste and appearance, pitaya is a tasty, low-calorie fruit. It has a high-water content, a high metabolism, and a high susceptibility to pathogens, resulting in an irreversible process of tissue degeneration or quality degradation and eventual loss of commercial value, leading to economic loss. High quality fruits are a key guarantee for the healthy development of economic advantages. However, the understanding of postharvest conservation technology and the regulation of maturation, and senescence of pitaya are lacking. To better understand the means of postharvest storage of pitaya, extend the shelf life of pitaya fruit and prospect the postharvest storage technology, this paper analyzes and compares the postharvest quality changes of pitaya fruit, preservation technology, and senescence regulation mechanisms. This study provides research directions for the development of postharvest storage and preservation technology.

Keywords: pitaya; preservation technology; quality change; quality control; resistance induction.

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Figure 1
Changes in quality of pitaya.
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Pitaya postharvest preservation technology.
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Mechanisms of phytohormone induction of postharvest ripening in pitaya (A realization indicates a direct involvement in the process of regulation, while a dotted line indicates an indirect involvement).
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