Advance in Post-harvest Preservation Technology

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2023
• Subjects: 1-MCP; active packaging; Allium cepa; antifungal active packaging; antioxidant; antioxidant capacity; antioxidant enzyme; ATR-FTIR; Barhi dates; Biology, life sciences; calcium chloride; carotenoids and phenolic compounds; chilling injury; chitosan; citrus; coating; cold plasma; cold storage; decay; dipping; e-nose; factor analysis; fatty acid; Fragaria × ananassa Duch; fresh walnut; fresh-cut carrot; fresh-cut cauliflower; freshness; frozen storage; fruit storage; gene expression; goji berries; green tea extract; headspace solid phase microextraction (HS SPME GC/MS); high hydrostatic pressure; HPLC-MS/MS principal component analysis; image analysis; innovative postharvest technologies; intelligent logistics; king oyster mushroom; lemon byproduct; mango fruit; Mathematics and Science; melatonin; melatonin treatment; modeling; Multiplex® 3; multivariate analysis; n/a; near-infrared spectroscopy; non-destructive tools; olive cake; optimal harvesting; orange; orange peel; oregano; pectin-based coating; phenolic compounds; phenolic maturity; Phoenix dactylifera; physiological and metabolic processes; Pleurotus eryngii; postharvest; postharvest quality; preservation; pulsed electric field; quality; quality attributes; quality influential factors; raspberry; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; refrigeration; Research and information: general; respiratory activity; Rhus coriaria; ripening stage; rosemary extract; Sabrosa; scanning electron microscopy; sensorial attributes; shelf-life; storage; storage period; surface structure; table grapes; technological maturity; temperature; total phenols; vacuum impregnation; vacuum packaging
• ISBN: 9783036576114; 9783036576107; 303657610X; 3036576118
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-7610-7

Fruits and vegetables are important sources of nutrients, such as vitamins, minerals, and bioactive compounds, and provide many health benefits. However, due to non-optimal post-harvest management, large quantities of fresh or fresh-cut fruits and vegetables experience a decline in their quality and nutritional value before they reach the consumer. This Special Issue covers technologies for the harvesting, handling, and storage of vegetables, including storage strategies such as active packaging, edible coatings, the application of nanotechnology in the post-harvest of vegetable crops, and others, with the aim of improving the shelf-life of fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables.