Inhibition of fruit softening by cold plasma treatments: Affecting factors and applications

YW Pan, JH Cheng, DW Sun - Critical Reviews in Food Science …, 2021‏ - Taylor & Francis
Softening is a common phenomenon of texture changes associated with plant cell walls,
inducing a decrease in the quality of fruit. Inhibiting the softening is effective to extend the …

Postharvest application of gum arabic edible coating delays ripening and maintains quality of persimmon fruits during storage

MS Saleem, S Ejaz, MA Anjum, A Nawaz… - Journal of Food …, 2020‏ - Wiley Online Library
Hydrocolloid gums are extensively used in food industry. Recently, hydrocolloid gums such
as gum arabic have been widely researched as edible coatings to extend postharvest life of …

Efficacy of postharvest sodium nitroprusside application to extend storability by regulating physico-chemical quality of pear fruit

T Adhikary, PPS Gill, SK Jawandha, RD Bhardwaj… - Food Chemistry, 2021‏ - Elsevier
Quality loss in pear fruit during storage reduces its marketability for long run. To increase its
storability, the efficacy of postharvest dip treatment donor sodium nitroprusside (SNP) 0.000 …

Sucrose, cell wall, and polyamine metabolisms involve in preserving postharvest quality of 'Zaosu'pear fruit by L-glutamate treatment

Y **, C Li, S Zhang, J Liu, M Wang, Y Guo, H Xu… - Plant Physiology and …, 2024‏ - Elsevier
Abstract 'Zaosu'pear fruit is prone to yellowing of the surface and softening of the flesh after
harvest. This work was performed to assess the influences of L-glutamate treatment on the …

Browning and quality management of pear fruit by salicylic acid treatment during low temperature storage

T Adhikary, PS Gill, SK Jawandha… - Journal of the …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
BACKGROUND 'Patharnakh'pear, a dominant cultivar in the Punjab province of India, has a
shorter storage life as it matures during the hot and humid weather. Studies have reported …

Composite coating of chitosan with salicylic acid retards pear fruit softening under cold and supermarket storage

A Sinha, PPS Gill, SK Jawandha, SK Grewal - Food Research International, 2022‏ - Elsevier
Fruit softening is enzyme mediated degradation process determined by the action of cell
wall modifying enzymes. Present study evaluated the combined effects of chitosan (CH) and …

Application of methyl jasmonate postharvest maintains the quality of Nanguo pears by regulating mitochondrial energy metabolism

C Li, Y Cheng, JB Hou, ZHU Jie, SUN Lei… - Journal of Integrative …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
The present study was conducted to investigate the effects of methyl jasmonate (MeJA)
dip** treatment on mitochondrial energy metabolism and quality parameters of Nanguo …

[HTML][HTML] Investigating the Potential of Green-Fabricated Zinc Oxide Nanoparticles to Inhibit the Foodborne Pathogenic Bacteria Isolated from Spoiled Fruits

A Fouda, MA Abdel-Rahman, AM Eid, S Selim, H Ejaz… - Catalysts, 2024‏ - mdpi.com
In the current investigation, the antibacterial activity of zinc oxide nanoparticles (ZnO-NPs)
formed by an aqueous extract of Psidium guajava leaves against foodborne pathogenic …

Chitosan and putrescine modulate reactive oxygen species metabolism and physiological responses during chili fruit ripening

A Ghosh, I Saha, SC Debnath… - Plant Physiology and …, 2021‏ - Elsevier
We investigated the combined effect of chitosan (CHT) and putrescine (PUT) on the
postharvest shelf life of Capsicum fruit concerning the metabolism of reactive oxygen …

Infrared drying of pear slices: Drying kinetics, energy, and exergy analysis

MEV de Araujo, EG Barbosa, RP Lopes… - Journal of Food …, 2021‏ - Wiley Online Library
Over the last few decades, the drying process has proven to be a fundamental operation
within the food industry, as it prolongs the shelf life and reduces the levels of deterioration of …