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Post Harvest Treatments and Shelf Life of Some Tropical Fruit
Fruits are perishable horticultural crops grown in tropical and sub-tropical areas of the world. It is a richest source of micro nutrients and phyto chemicals that contributed a significant role in human health. Mango, avocado, papaya, guava and pine apple are popular and economically important tropical fruits due to their essential nutritional ...
Feyera, Milkesa, Abdo, Tseganesh
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Analysis of Tomato Post‐Harvest Properties: Fruit Color, Shelf Life, and Fungal Susceptibility [PDF]
AbstractA wide variety of fresh market and processing tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum) is grown and consumed worldwide. Post‐harvest losses are a major contributing factor to losses in crop productivity and can account for up to 50% of the harvest. To select and breed elite tomato varieties, it is important to characterize fruit quality and evaluate the
Thole, Vera +11 more
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Post-harvest quality and shelf-life of tender coconut [PDF]
Seven to 8 months old (maturity stage) coconuts (Cocos nucifera L.) from local tall cultivar ('West Coast Tall') with husk and intact perianth were stored at room temperature (27 ± 2(°)C) and the minimally processed nuts (60% husk removed) were stored both at room temperature as well as refrigerated conditions (13 ± 2°C) to evaluate the changes in ...
M, Haseena +2 more
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Effect of Melatonin in Broccoli Postharvest and Possible Melatonin Ingestion Level
The post-harvest stage of broccoli production requires cold storage to obtain enough days of shelf life. It has been proved that melatonin is useful as a post-harvest agent in fruits and vegetables, including broccoli.
Antonio Cano +4 more
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Background Two separate experiments were conducted in the minor season from September to November, 2019 and major season from March to May, 2020 to determining the type of soil amendment and transplanting age that can best improve the post-harvest ...
Isaac Addo +3 more
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Effect of Elevated Temperature on Tomato Post-Harvest Properties
The fleshy fruit of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a commodity used worldwide as a fresh or processed product. Like many crops, tomato plants and harvested fruits are susceptible to the onset of climate change.
Vera Thole, Philippe Vain, Cathie Martin
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More food with high nutritional content will be needed to feed the growing global human population, which is expected to reach 10 billion by 2050. Fruits and vegetables contain most of the minerals, micronutrients, and phytonutrients essential for human ...
Elazar Fallik, Zoran Ilić
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Information on the developmental stage of pear pre-harvest and in shelf-life is crucial to determine the optimum timing of harvest, post-harvest treatment, and time of consumption ensuring high eating quality. In the present study, CO2 emission and fruit
Nicole Brandes, Manuela Zude-Sasse
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Post-harvest handling and ripening techniques have an impact on peach quality and shelf life, which has a big impact on consumer satisfaction and market competitiveness.
Umar Hayat +5 more
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Post-harvest strawberries are hard to store and can easily rot during cold chain transportation (CCT). This leads to considerable economic losses. This paper proposes a strawberry quality perception method used in CCT, based on the correlation between ...
Jiping Qiao +4 more
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