Harvested fruit and vegetables are perishable, subject to desiccation, show increased
respiration during ripening, and are colonized by postharvest fungal pathogens. Induced …

Background Consumers' lifestyles demand high-quality products, requesting adequate fruit
storage. Management of ethylene production is of paramount importance when planning …

Chilling injury (CI) is a physiological disorder induced by cold, which heavily limit crop
production and postharvest preservation worldwide. Methyl jasmonate (MeJA) can alleviate …

Humanity faces the challenge of having to increase food production to feed an exponentially
growing world population, while crop diseases reduce yields to levels that we can no longer …

The impact of ultraviolet-C (UV–C) irradiation on sweet cherry fruit was studied. Following
harvest, fruits (cv. Sweetheart) were exposed to different doses of UV-C (0, 1.2, 3.0 or 6.0 kJ …

The benefits of silicon against abiotic stress in different annual plant species have been
described in many studies, however the regulation of ripening of fruit tree crops by silicon …

Key message This work provides the first system-wide datasets concerning metabolic
changes in calcium-treated fruits, which reveal that exogenously applied calcium may …

Fruit storage disorders are major causes of crop losses and downgrades. Cold storage,
either in air or in controlled atmospheres high in CO 2 and low in O 2, can result in chilling …

The current study characterizes the physicochemical, sensory and bioactive compound traits
of twenty-two sweet cherry accessions, namely breeding lines, landraces and modern …

α-Farnesene, a sesquiterpene volatile compound plays an important role in plant defense
and is known to be associated with insect attraction and with superficial scald of apple and …