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eISSN: 2083-5906
ISSN: 1230-1485
ISSN: 1230-1485
REVIEW PAPER
Exogenous Guggul Gum Intervention Confers
Resistance to Anthracnose Disease and Improves
Postharvest Quality of Banana Fruit through
Coordinated Regulation of Cell
Wall–Degrading Enzymes and Redox
Homeostasis
1
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agriculture, Lasbela University of Agriculture,
Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Pakistan
2
Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences and Technology,
Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, 60800, Pakistan
3
Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences,
King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
4
Agricultural Biotechnology Department, College of Agriculture and Food Sciences,
King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Submission date: 2025-10-06
Final revision date: 2025-12-21
Acceptance date: 2026-02-06
Online publication date: 2026-05-21
Corresponding author
Mohamed El-Mogy
Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
Department of Arid Land Agriculture, College of Agricultural and Food Sciences, King Faisal University, Al-Ahsa 31982, Saudi Arabia
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ABSTRACT
Banana is a tropical fruit with a limited shelf life, and it deteriorates quickly after harvesting.
This study aimed to examine the impact of guggul gum coating at different concentrations of 5, 10, and
15% on anthracnose disease, physicochemical changes, and postharvest quality of banana fruit during
storage at 25ºC for 28 days. The results revealed that banana fruit coated with 10% or 15% guggul gum
substantially inhibited mycelial growth, spore germination, and disease incidence. Banana fruit coated
with guggul gum exhibited weight loss, soluble solids concentration, ion leakage, polygalacturonase,
pectin methylesterase, and cellulase enzyme activities. Guggul gum-coated banana fruit maintained
a higher level of titratable acidity, firmness, phenolic content, ascorbic acid, and total antioxidant
activity in comparison with uncoated banana fruit. These findings indicated that guggul gum might serve as an innovative approach for delaying anthracnose disease, physicochemical changes, and finally
sustaining the postharvest quality of banana fruit during storage.
CONFLICT OF INTEREST
The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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