Development of stress response model for fresh fruits and vegetables: Utilization of novel modified Weibull distribution

• Project/Area Number: 24658214
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Agricultural environmental engineering
• Research Institution: Chiba University (2014); National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (2012-2013)
• Principal Investigator: SHIINA Takeo 千葉大学, 園芸学研究科, 教授 (40353974)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Project Status: Completed (Fiscal Year 2014)
• Budget Amount: ¥4,030,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥930,000); Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000); Fiscal Year 2012: ¥2,340,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥540,000)
• Keywords: ストレス応答 / 数理モデル / Weibull分布 / 修正Weibull分布モデル / 青果物 / 品質変化 / モデリング / ストレス

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Fresh fruits and vegetables are highly perishable because of their nature and the factors affecting their quality such as shock and vibration, temperature fluctuation, loss of water and gaseous composition during transportation process. A two parameters Weibull distribution is important provability density distribution which is used as the estimation of product failure during their life time. In this study, we have proposed a novel simulation model “modified Weibull distribution, MWD” for predicting the response behavior of fresh produces against the stresses which they perceive during distribution processes. Newly developed MWD was constructed to enable to deal with the magnitude of the response of fresh produce depending on the level and kind of the stresses. Nonlinear least square method was applied to fit the gene expression level and respiration rate against the physical stress. Results showed the very good agreement between the experimental result and the estimation obtained.

Research Products

• [Journal Article] Modeling of the respiration rate and gene expression patterns of cabbage in response to mechanical impact stress using a modified Weibull distribution (2014)
  • Author(s): Manasikan Thammawong, Takahiro Orikasa, Hitomi Umehara, Ilmi Ganga Namali Hewajulige, Tomoko Kaneta, Nobutaka Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ito, Kohei Nakano, Takeo Shiina
  • Journal Title: Postharvest Biology and Technology Volume: 96 Pages: 118-127
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2014.05.014
  • Peer Reviewed / Open Access
• [Journal Article] Impacts of hot air and vacuum drying on the quality attributes of kiwifruit slices (2014)
  • Author(s): Takahiro Orikasa, Shoji Koide, Shintaro Okamoto, Teppei Imaizumi, Yoshiki Muramatsu, Jun-ichi Takeda, Takeo Shiina, Akio Tagawa
  • Journal Title: Journal of Food Engineering Volume: 125 Pages: 51-58
  • DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2013.10.027
  • Peer Reviewed / Acknowledgement Compliant
• [Journal Article] The Response Characteristics of Japanese Radish (Daikon) to Mechanical Wound Stress (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Shiina, H. Umehara, M. Yoshida, A. Soga, T. Kaneta, N. Nakamura, Y. Ito, K. Nakano, and M. Thammawong
  • Journal Title: Acta Horticulturae Volume: 1005 Pages: 247-252
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] Ethylene production rate: A sensitive indicator for determining the occurence of mechanical stress in tomato fruits (2012)
  • Author(s): Manasikan Thammawong, Hiroyuki Usuda, Daisuke Nei, Hitomi Umehara, Nobutaka Nakamura, Poritosh Roy, Takaaki Satake, Takeo Shiina
  • Journal Title: Food Preservation Science Volume: 38(3) Pages: 159-167
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Journal Article] The calmodulin-encoding gene BoCam1: A sensitive wound-responsive gene in cabbage (2012)
  • Author(s): Manasikan Thammawong, Ilmi Hewajulige, Tomoko Kaneta, Nobutaka Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ito, Takeo Shiina
  • Journal Title: Food Preservation Science Volume: 38(5) Pages: 277-283
  • NAID: 10031122198
  • Peer Reviewed
• [Presentation] 低温とMA包装の組み合わせによるメロンの長期貯蔵 (2014)
  • Author(s): 椎名武夫, THAMMAWONG Manasikan, 梅原仁美, 松山成江, 山本千尋, 田中敦, 中村宣貴
  • Organizer: 2014年度日本冷凍空調学会年次大会
  • Place of Presentation: 佐賀大学（佐賀県佐賀市）
  • Year and Date: 2014-09-10 – 2014-09-12
• [Presentation] Introduction of the newly developed bulk container to the distribution of fresh fruits and vegetables in Japan (2014)
  • Author(s): Takeo Shiina, Nobutaka Nakamura, Manasikan Thammawong, Tomoko Kaneta
  • Organizer: The 29th International Horticultural Congress
  • Place of Presentation: Brisbane (Australia)
  • Year and Date: 2014-08-17 – 2014-08-22
• [Presentation] Response Mechanisms of Cabbage Head to Different Strength Levels of Mechanical Impact Stress (2013)
  • Author(s): T. Shiina, H. Umehara, M. Yoshida, A. Soga, T. Kaneta, N. Nakamura, Y. Ito, K. Nakano, and M. Thammawong
  • Organizer: VI International Conference on Managing Quality in Chains (MQUIC2013)
  • Place of Presentation: Cranfield University（United Kingdom）
• [Presentation] キャベツのバルクコンテナ物流を想定した落下衝撃とストレス応答の解析 (2013)
  • Author(s): 椎名武夫、タンマウォン マナスィカン、折笠貴寛、梅原仁美、吉田誠、曽我綾香、中村宣貴、中野浩平
  • Organizer: 日本食品保蔵科学会第62回大会
  • Place of Presentation: 山形大学農学部（山形県）
• [Presentation] The Response Characteristics of Japanese Radish (Daikon) to Mechanical Wound Stress (2012)
  • Author(s): Takeo Shiina, Hitomi Umehara, Makoto Yoshida, Ayaka Soga, Tomoko Kaneta, Nobutaka Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ito, Kohei Nakano, Manasikan Thammawong
  • Organizer: 6th International Symposium on Brassica and 18th Crucifer Genetics Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: イタリア・カターニャ
• [Presentation] Changes in Gene Expression of Harvested Cabbage in Response to Mechanical Wound Stress (2012)
  • Author(s): Manasikan Thammawong, Hitomi Umehara, Makoto Yoshida, Ayaka Soga, Tomoko Kaneta, Nobutaka Nakamura, Yasuhiro Ito, Kohei Nakano, Takeo Shiina
  • Organizer: 6th International Symposium on Brassica and 18th Crucifer Genetics Workshop
  • Place of Presentation: イタリア・カターニャ