Effect of AITC treatment on decay of mulberry fruit
Mulberry fruit are highly perishable and susceptible to
mechanical injury, physiological deterioration and fungal decay
after harvest due to the high water content of more than 70% and
no peel protection. Various postharvest techniques, including
hydrogen sulphide treatment (Hu et al., 2014), aqueous chlorine
dioxide treatment (Chen et al., 2011), calcium chloride and
1-methylcyclopropene treatment (Oz and Ulukanli, 2014), have
been shown to be beneficial in storage life extension of mulberry
fruit. Increased interest in the safe control of postharvest diseases
of fresh fruits and vegetables has prompted the search for harmless
alternatives and one alternative would be the use of natural
antimicrobial compounds such as allyl isothiocyanate (AITC)