Postharvest quality, technologies, and strategies to reduce losses along the supply chain of banana: A review

M Al-Dairi, PB Pathare, R Al-Yahyai… - Trends in Food Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
Background Banana fruit is a popular crop in global agriculture production and trade.
Bananas are delicate fresh produce where external factors can highly affect their quality …

[PDF][PDF] Strategies to reduce post-harvest losses for fruits and vegetables

A Elik, DK Yanik, Y Istanbullu, NA Guzelsoy, A Yavuz… - Strategies, 2019 - btb.org.tr
Post-harvest loss is one of the concerns of food security and global hunger in many
countries. The extent of fruit and vegetable loss reaches up to 50% thus, reducing fruit and …

Genome editing for improving nutritional quality, post-harvest shelf life and stress tolerance of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentals

P Sharma, A Pandey, R Malviya, S Dey… - Frontiers in Genome …, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Agricultural production relies on horticultural crops, including vegetables, fruits, and
ornamental plants, which sustain human life. With an alarming increase in human …

Bioprospection of Metschnikowia sp. isolates as biocontrol agents against postharvest fungal decays on lemons with their potential modes of action

S Oztekin, F Karbancioglu-Guler - Postharvest Biology and Technology, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, various fruit were employed as biocontrol yeast reservoirs, and eleven distinct
yeast cultures of Metschnikowia sp. belonging to 6 different species were identified with …

Reduction of Postharvest Quality Loss and Microbiological Decay of Tomato “Chonto” (Solanum lycopersicum L.) Using Chitosan-E Essential Oil-Based Edible …

Y Peralta-Ruiz, CDG Tovar, A Sinning-Mangonez… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
The tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) is one of the many essential vegetables around the
world due to its nutritive content and attractive flavor. However, its short shelf-life and …

GC-MS Based Metabolite Profiling to Monitor Ripening-Specific Metabolites in Pineapple (Ananas comosus)

MMM Ikram, S Ridwani, SP Putri, E Fukusaki - Metabolites, 2020 - mdpi.com
Pineapple is one of the most cultivated tropical, non-climacteric fruits in the world due to its
high market value and production volume. Since non-climacteric fruits do not ripen after …

Assessment of postharvest fish losses: The case study of Albert Bosomtwi-Sam fishing harbour, Western Region, Ghana

WR Gyan, EH Alhassan, A Asase, DN Akongyuure… - Marine Policy, 2020 - Elsevier
The increase in world population calls for an urgent increase in the food supply, and the
critical way to go is to reduce food loss after harvest. To reduce these losses, a study was …

Identifying temperature breaks in the export cold chain of navel oranges: A Western Cape case

LL Goedhals-Gerber, G Khumalo - Food control, 2020 - Elsevier
Research shows that significant volumes of food produced globally is wasted due to supply
chain failures from farm to retail. In addition, the category of fruits, vegetables, roots and …

FEM-based simulation of the mechanical behavior of grapefruit under compressive loading

SHM Ashtiani, H Sadrnia, H Mohammadinezhad… - Scientia …, 2019 - Elsevier
Bruising in fresh crops is a major challenge of the horticulture industry, which can cause
quality degradation and losses throughout the pre-harvest to the post-harvest stages. A …

Kee** it cool: Survival of Giardia cysts and Cryptosporidium oocysts on lettuce leaves

KS Utaaker, E Skjerve, LJ Robertson - International Journal of Food …, 2017 - Elsevier
Fresh produce has been recognized as a vehicle for transmission of protozoan parasites for
many years, and there are numerous publications regarding their occurrence on such …