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Acta Horticulturae Sinica ›› 2026, Vol. 53 ›› Issue (7): 1871-1890.doi: 10.16420/j.issn.0513-353x.2026-0388

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Advances in Chilling Injury and Associated Quality Deterioration in Postharvest Fruits

LIU Mengfei, LI Junduo, HU Ruoqian, SHI Yanna, XU Changjie*(), CHEN Kunsong   

  1. College of Agriculture & BiotechnologyZhejiang University; Zhejiang Provincial Key Laboratory of Horticultural Crop Quality Manipulation;Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs Laboratory of Horticultural Plant Crop Growth and Development, Hangzhou 310058, China
  • Received:2026-05-08 Revised:2026-06-12 Online:2026-07-23 Published:2026-07-23
  • Contact: XU Changjie

Abstract:

Chilling injury constitutes a major constraint on quality maintainance of chilling sensitive fruit during cold storage. This review focuses on chilling injury-induced quality deterioration in fruits,specifically addressing the associated biological manifestations,including color deterioration,aroma loss,flavor imbalance,and textural disorders. The underlying molecular regulatory networks are systematically examined from the perspectives of cellular changes,metabolic remodelling,transcriptional cascades,epigenetic modifications,post-translational regulation and signal transduction pathways. Based on recent advances in cold tolerance mechanisms from model plants,strategies for dissecting chilling resistance in postharvest fruits and developing targeted preservation technologies are further discussed. This review provides a theoretical basis for mitigating chilling injury and achieving precision regulation of fruit quality.

Key words: fruit, postharvest, chilling injury, quality deterioration, color, aroma, flavor, texture, regulatory mechanism