부산대학교 도서관

In this study, we screened eight walnut ( Juglans regia L.) cultivars (‘Xifu2’, ‘Shaanhe’, ‘Weina’, ‘Xiangling’, ‘Xiluo3’,‘Xifu1’, ‘Liaoning4’, and ‘Qingxiang’) in order to establish reliable selection criteria for storage-tolerance. Fresh walnutfruit were stored at 0 ± 0.5 °C and 70–80% relative humidity. Browning index, postharvest physio-biochemical characteristics,acid value, and sensory quality were measured. The results showed that ‘Xifu2’, ‘Shaanhe’, and ‘Weina’ developedbrowning early and quickly and storage was terminated for these cultivars at 60 days. ‘Xiluo3’, ‘Xifu1’, ‘Liaoning4’, and‘Qingxiang’ had a slow browning rate and storage was terminated at 72 days. ‘Xiangling’ developed browning at a mediumrate and storage was terminated at 72 days. Correlation analysis suggested that the terminal browning index of each cultivarpositively correlated with lipoxygenase activity at 18 days of storage, polyphenol oxidase activity at 18–30 days, malondialdehydecontent at 18 days, and the respiration rate at 42 days, while it negatively correlated with the total phenolic contentat 18 days and phenylalanine ammonia lyase activity at 12 days. The storage tolerance of each cultivar was evaluatedaccording to the terminal browning index, acid value, and sensory quality. Comprehensive evaluation and cluster analysiswere performed to rank the cold storage tolerance of the eight cultivars as follows: ‘Qingxiang’ and ‘Xifu1’ > ‘Liaoning4’and ‘Xiluo3’ > ‘Xifu2’ and ‘Xiangling’ > ‘Shaanhe’ and ‘Weina’. In conclusion, cultivars used for fresh in-husk walnut fruitwith lower levels of membrane peroxidation and phenol oxidation, and higher level of phenol synthesis around 18 days ofstorage would be suitable candidates for cold storage. ‘Qingxiang’ and ‘Xifu1’ were selected as storage-tolerant cultivars.