Cai et al. (2014) suggested that the alleviation of
chilling injury in grape berries by postharvest SA treatment may be
attributed to (1) enhancing sucrose consumption by increasing glycolysis
and tricarboxylic acid cycle activity, (2) enhancing energy,
ATP, supply, (3) enhancing antioxidant system activity such as APX
and glutathione-S-transferase (GST) and (4) enhancing heat shock
proteins (HSPs) accumulation.