date:Dec 21, 2020
A Japanese research institute has developed a machine that uses ultraviolet rays to protect mikan -satsuma- against rotting. Researchers at the Saika Technological Institute Foundation, which produces food quality inspection equipment and devices, and other parties, including the Shizuoka prefectural government, discovered that ultraviolet ray application causes stress to the fruit, stimulating its self-defense function. This leads to production of a sort of polyphenol known as scoparone that ha