Anthracnose Disease Control and Postharvest Quality of Hass Avocado Stored in Biobased PLA/PBAT/Pine Essential Oil/Chitosan Active Packaging Nets
Zormy N. Correa-Pacheco,
Rosa I. Ventura-Aguilar,
Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar,
Laura L. Barrera-Necha,
Mónica Hernández-López,
Silvia Bautista-Baños
Affiliations
Zormy N. Correa-Pacheco
Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, km 6, Calle CEPROBI, No. 8, San Isidro 62731, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
Rosa I. Ventura-Aguilar
CONACYT-Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, km 6, Calle CEPROBI, No. 8, San Isidro 62731, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
Leonor Zavaleta-Avejar
Tecnológico Nacional de México/I. T. Zacatepec, División de Estudios de Posgrado e Investigación, Calzada Tecnológico 27, Zacatepec de Hidalgo 62780, Morelos, Mexico
Laura L. Barrera-Necha
Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, km 6, Calle CEPROBI, No. 8, San Isidro 62731, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
Mónica Hernández-López
Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, km 6, Calle CEPROBI, No. 8, San Isidro 62731, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
Silvia Bautista-Baños
Centro de Desarrollo de Productos Bióticos, Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Carretera Yautepec-Jojutla, km 6, Calle CEPROBI, No. 8, San Isidro 62731, Yautepec, Morelos, Mexico
For sale in the domestic market, Hass avocados are kept in non-biodegradable plastic nets and stored at an ambient temperature. The fungus Colletotrichum gloeosporioides can cause important losses at this stage. Consequently, formulations based on polylactic acid (PLA)/poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) 60/40 biodegradable blends added with pine essential oil (PEO) at 10, 12, 14, and 20% and coated with 1% chitosan (CH) were used for the elaboration of nets, which were evaluated on C. gloeosporioides and Rhizopus stolonifer on nutrient media and fruit and on the ripening behavior of Hass avocados at ambient temperature. The spore germination stage of C. gloeosporioides was the most extensively damaged (78% inhibition). The incidence of anthracnose was notably reduced by almost 80% in the avocados stored in the 60/40 PLA/PBAT nets coated with 1% CH. The overall values regarding weight loss, °Brix, and dry matter were c.a. 23.5%, 7.5, and 24.5%, respectively. The changes in firmness, color, and CO2 production were particularly associated with the initial harvest index and storage temperature rather than with the nets. In future research, essays on nets should include evaluations at the commercial levels.