Fruits and vegetables are susceptible to fungal infections during picking, transportation,
storage and processing, which have a high potential to produce toxins. Fungi and toxins can …

Insects and pests constitute a major threat to food supplies all over the world. Some
estimates put the loss of food grains because of infestation to about 40% of the world …

South Africa is the 13th largest producer and second largest exporter of citrus fruit globally.
The false codling moth, Thaumatotibia leucotreta, and the fruit flies, Ceratitis capitata, C …

Heat treatments cause a moderate and reversible stress that interrupts the normal
metabolism (senescence or fruit ripening) of the product. Although there is a large number of …

The effect of hot water dip** (HWD) at 40, 44 and 48° C for 6 and 12 min on germination of
conidia of brown rot fungus (Monilinia laxa) in vitro and the effect of HWD at 48° C for 6 and …

Develo** effective and economically viable treatments that replace chemical
phytosanitary and quarantine practices is urgently needed for the coffee bean industry to …

There has been an increased interest in develo** alternative quarantine treatment
methods for control of fruit flies under growing international pressure to replace the …

Abstract Information on thermal death kinetics of targeted stored insects under different
heating conditions is essential for develo** postharvest disinfestation treatment protocols …

The influence of hot water dips (50, 52 and 54℃ for 3 min) on fruit quality, phenolic
compounds and antioxidant capacity of Satsuma mandarin during 60 days' storage at 10℃ …

The effects of intermittent heat treatment (HT) on chilling injury (CI) and antioxidant capacity
of sweet potato roots were investigated during cold storage at 5±0.5 ºC and 80%–85 …