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Sains Malaysiana 49(3)(2020):
553-560 http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jsm-2020-4903-10
Extending Post-Harvest Quality of Fresh Fig (Ficus carica L.) Fruit
Through Manipulation of Pre- and Post-Harvest Practices:
A Review (Memanjangkan Kualiti Pasca-tuai Buah Tin (Ficus carica L.) Segar dengan Memanipulasikan Amalan Pra-tuai dan Pasca
Tuai: Suatu Tinjauan) NUR ATHIRAH MAT JUSOH1, PHEBE DING1,2*
& CHOON SEA YEAT1 1Department of Crop Science, Faculty
of Agriculture, Universiti Putra Malaysia,
43400 UPM Serdang, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia 2Faculty of Agriculture and Food Sciences,
Universiti Putra Malaysia Bintulu Sarawak
Campus, P.O Box 396, Nyabau Road, 97008
Bintulu, Sarawak, Malaysia Received:
21 January 2019/Accepted: 29 November 2019 ABSTRACT Fresh
fig fruit has a very unique taste. However, it is well-known as
very perishable climacteric fruit. The various factors that involve
during the pre-harvest and post-harvest handling processes have
caused great challenges to farmer in maintaining the keeping quality
of fresh fruits. The key factors involve are disease, water supply,
fertilizer management, fruit maturity at harvest as well as post-harvest
handling. Thus, good pre- and post-harvest practices are very important
in improving the storage quality of fresh fig fruit. In this article,
the studies on improving the storage life of fig fruit including
the practices used during pre- and post-harvest handling of fig
fruit were reviewed. For pre-harvest practices, deficit irrigation,
application of plant growth regulator (1-methylcyclopropene) and
pollination were applied to improve the quality of fresh fig fruit.
For post-harvest treatments, coating, modified atmosphere packaging
and optimizing the storage temperature and relative humidity were
used in keeping the post-harvest quality of fresh fig fruit. Keywords:
Coating;
deficit irrigation;
storage temperature Abstrak Buah tin segar mempunyai rasa yang sangat unik. Namun, ia
juga dikenali
sebagai buah klimakterik
yang cepat rosak.
Faktor yang terlibat dalam proses pengendalian pra- dan pasca-tuai
telah memberikan
cabaran yang hebat kepada pengusaha dalam menjaga kualiti
buah segar sepanjang tempoh penyimpanan. Antara faktor yang
terlibat termasuk penyakit, bekalan air, pengurusan pembajaan, kematangan buah ketika penuaian dan juga proses pengendalian pasca-tuai. Oleh itu, amalan
pra- dan pasca-tuai yang baik adalah penting dalam meningkatkan kualiti penyimpanan buah tin segar. Kertas ini mengulas
kajian terhadap
amalan yang dilakukan pada pra- dan
pasca-tuai dalam
meningkatkan jangka hayat simpanan buah tin. Pada peringkat pra-tuai, amalan ladang seperti
pengairan defisit,
aplikasi pengawalatur tumbesaran tumbuhan (1-metilsiklopropana)
dan pendebungaan
sering dijalankan. Bagi amalan pasca tuai,
penyalutan, pembungkusan
ubah suai atmosfera
dan pengoptimaan
suhu penyimpanan dan kelembapan relatif merupakan kaedah yang biasa digunakan dalam mengekalkan kualiti pasca-tuai buah tin segar. Kata
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