Postharvest Disease Development Pre and/or Postharvest Practices

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2021
• Subjects: abscisic acid; antifungal edible coatings; appearance; biological control; Biology, life sciences; Botryosphaeria; Botrytis cinerea; citrus; damages; Daucus carota L; degradation dynamic; electron beam irradiation; ethephon; ethylene; fresh fruits; fruit; fruit texture; fungi; fungicide; fungicide-free control; grape quality; LC-MS/MS; low-toxicity chemical control; Mathematics and Science; methyl jasmonate; microbiome; microscopy; pesticide residues; physical control; plant diseases; plant growth regulators; postharvest; postharvest disease; postharvest fruit quality; postharvest rot; prolonged storage; quality; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; ripening; shelf-life; stem-end rot; table grape; Technology, Engineering, Agriculture, Industrial processes; wilting
• ISBN: 3036503021; 303650303X; 9783036503035; 9783036503028
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-0303-5

Postharvest losses of fresh produce have always been an obstacle in agriculture. About one third of global fresh fruits and vegetables are lost because their quality has dropped below an acceptance limit. The postharvest quality and shelf life of fresh produce are also determined before harvest. However, postharvest quality is also affected by many practices during and after harvest such as temperature management, controlled and modified atmosphere, coatings, physical treatments, biocontrol, and more. This Special Issue on “Postharvest Disease Development: Pre and/or Postharvest Practices” gathers papers that deal with preharvest and postharvest factors that affect and maintain fresh produce quality after harvest.