Background: According to social demands, the agri-food industry must elaborate convenient
safe and healthy foods rich in phytochemicals while minimising processing inputs like …

Plant antioxidants are important compounds involved in plant defense, signaling, growth,
and development. The quantity and quality of such compounds is genetically driven; …

In purple-fruited Capsicum genotypes, fruit anthocyanin content first increases, and later
decreases upon ripening. In this study, the response of this transient anthocyanin …

Light is an important environmental factor that regulates the activity of metabolism-related
biochemical pathways during tomato maturation. Using LED to improve lighting conditions …

Vegetable crops possess a prominent nutri-metabolite pool that not only contributes to the
crop performance in the fields, but also offers nutritional security for humans. In the pursuit of …

Irradiation with artificial lighting in greenhouses and plant factories is mainly used to
promote photosynthesis in tomato cultivation. In addition to photosynthesis, the light effects …

Light emitting diodes (LEDs) are an energy efficient alternative to high-pressure sodium
(HPS) lighting in tomato cultivation. In the past years, we have learned a lot about the effect …

Ultrasounds (US) and LED illumination are being studied to optimize yield and quality. The
objective was to evaluate the effect of a pre-sowing US treatment combined with a …

Drying fruits and vegetables is a long-established preservation method, and for tomatoes, in
most cases sun-drying is preferred. Semi-drying is relatively a new application aimed to …

Chlorophylls and carotenoids are two families of antioxidants present in daily ingested
foods, whose recognition as added-value ingredients runs in parallel with the increasing …