The role of folic acid on maintaining quality and increasing antioxidant activity in peach cv. Alberta in storage

Peach (Prunus persica) is one of the most important Iranian horticulture fruit. But the short of storage life and post-harvest losses are the Basie problems of fruit. This experiment was carried out to determine the effect of Folic acid on increasing shelf life of “Alberta” Peach in experimental university shahid Bahonar Kerman on design a randomized complete with three replication. Fruits of Peach treatment with Folic acid 0, 20 and 40 mMol for 5 Min and then stored at 1oC, 85-90% relative humidity for 21 days. Percentage of injured fruits, ion leakage, lipid peroxidation, hydrogen peroxide, organic acid, peroxidase and catalase activity and total soluble solids (TSS), were evaluated. The results showed that the effective compared to control and reduced percentage of injured fruits, ion leakage, lipid peroxidation, hydrogen peroxide. Generally, the results showed that the application of Folic acid 40 mMol were the most effective treatment.