Abstract
Although the grape surface appears to be normal under high temperature during the selling period, the nutritional quality of grape might be greatly affected. Phenolics content and composition are key indicators reflective of grape's nutritional quality. Herein, the paper investigated effects of short-term high temperature (40 °C; 2 h) on grape phenolics from five table grape varieties to evaluate grape quality. Twenty-three phenolics were identified and quantified through UHPLC-ESI-qTOF-MS2 and UHPLC-QQQ-MS2, respectively. The results observed that short-term high temperature significantly reduced flavonoids in European and American varieties. In Eurasian varieties, high temperature induced the accumulation of stilbenes and flavonols compounds while lowered other compounds. Myricetin 4′-methylether-3-O-rhamnoside, a differential metabolite responding to high temperature in all table grapes was screened. Combining with the analysis of molecular level, high temperature down-regulated the phenolics biosynthesis-related genes involved in phenolics metabolic pathways (flavonols, stilbenes, anthocyanins and flavan-3-ols metabolic pathways) in grapes except Muscat de Hambourg grapes, such as the expression of VvUFGT, VvANR, VvLAR, VvFLS, VvSTS, VvF3′5′H and VvAOMT. Our findings suggest that short-term high temperature during the selling period is not conducive to consumer expectations, due to the partial loss of grape nutrition quality.
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