Post Harvest Technologies Articles & Analysis
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Post-harvest management is a critical phase in the agricultural supply chain that can significantly impact the quality and profitability of crops. Efficient handling during this stage ensures that the hard work invested in growing the crops translates into high-quality products for consumers. With increasing global demand for food, optimizing post-harvest practices is crucial than ...
Abstract Iran ranks seventh in the world for kiwi production, with over 3200 MT produced in 2012. Kiwifruit can be stored for over 6 months under appropriate conditions, but fruit softening and fruit rots (Botrytis cinerea) can cause severe losses during cold storage, transit, distribution and retail. Kiwifruit is a climacteric fruit very sensitive even at very low concentrations of ethylene ...
Agronomic practices such as resource conservation technologies, mulching, organic farming, carbon sequestration by cropping systems and agroforestry provide a suite of possible strategies for addressing the impacts of climate change on vegetable production. Protected cultivation and post-harvest technology can be significant ...
A scientific article (Influence of exogenous ethylene during refrigerated storage on storability and quality of Actinidia chinensis (cv. Hort16A), Pranamornkith et al; Postharvest Biology and Technology 64 (2012) 1-8) shows that the firmness and colour of the golden kiwi are seriously affected by the level of ethylene in the atmosphere of commercial cold stores. “The kiwifruit industry was ...
A scientific article (Influence of exogenous ethylene during refrigerated storage on storability and quality of Actinidia chinensis (cv. Hort16A), Pranamornkith et al; Postharvest Biology and Technology 64 (2012) 1-8) shows that the firmness and colour of the golden kiwi are seriously affected by the level of ethylene in the atmosphere of commercial cold stores. “The kiwifruit industry was ...
A recently published scientific article (Reduction of energy usage during storage and transport of bananas by management of exogenous ethylene levels, Wills et al; Postharvest Biology and Technology 89 (2014) 7-10) quantifies the relationship between the concentration of ethylene, temperature and green life of the Cavendish banana. The results demonstrate that an efficient reduction in ethylene ...
In the latest edition of Bioconservacion's Partner Meeting with all its partners from the post-harvest sector, we had the good fortune to have Professor Emeritus Ron Wills from the University of Newcastle in Australia. Dr Wills, with over 50 years experience researching agronomy, agriculture and post-harvest techniques is ...
Experts from around the world spoke of the evolution and market trends in the banana market, phytosanitary regulations and advances with regard to the Panama disease affecting bananas, as well as post-harvest techniques to ensure banana quality during production, transport and distribution. ...
Experts from around the world spoke of the evolution and market trends in the banana market, phytosanitary regulations and advances with regard to the Panama disease affecting bananas, as well as post-harvest techniques to ensure banana quality during production, transport and distribution. ...
The use of pesticides in foods is a concern - especially as some of these substances build up in food and pass into the human body. A pesticide is a substance used in agriculture mainly for repelling, eliminating, reducing, etc insects or microorganisms that might harm the crops. There are numerous scientific studies that demonstrate the problems that these substances can cause within the body - ...
Bioconservacion, a leader in non-invasive post-harvest solutions, has recently developed the Bi-On CPB filters, which are specially designed to reinforce the fungistatic action in non-climacteric fruit, as well as to reduce ethylene levels in the air. ...
Bioconservacion, a leader in non-invasive post-harvest solutions, has recently developed the Bi-On CPB filters, which are specially designed to reinforce the fungistatic action in non-climacteric fruit, as well as to reduce ethylene levels in the air. ...
Food security is a difficult concept to define and complex challenge that has continued to haunt humanity despite remarkable progress in increasing global food production during the last century. Starting as a problem of deficit global supply (production) of cereals, especially in tropical countries, work led by United Nation agencies through the World Food Conference in 1974 and World Food ...
The objective of this study was to test the effectiveness of additives on keeping the quality of minimally processed 'Gala' apple. The minimum process consisted of washing, sanitising and removing the central part of the fruit. Then, sticks of apple were obtained and immersed in the following solutions: control (2% ascorbic acid), ascorbic acid 2% + calcium chloride 2%, sodium ascorbate 2%, ...
Universities play important roles in socio–economic development by contributing to the advancement and dissemination of new knowledge, and developing human capacity. African agriculture has the lowest yield and productivity compared to the rest of the world. The continent is the most food insecure and has the highest youth unemployment. Transforming smallholder agriculture into industrial ...
Harvesting at the optimal time is critical for a high quality product destined for long–term storage. Still, there are insufficient tools to determine optimal harvest date. In this work, we present a very practical optimal harvest date tool based on a model developed several years ago and tested with several crops such as cherries, peaches, and nectarines. We have developed and validated ...
Different important physical properties of pigeon pea grains (BDN–2) were determined at five different moisture content levels of 10, 20, 30, 40 and 50% dry basis (d.b.). With an increase of moisture content from 10 to 50% (d.b.), the average value of triaxial dimensions of pigeon pea such as length, width and thickness increased from 6.04 to 6.45, 5.40 to 5.72 and 4.61 to 4.79 mm, ...
Effects of gibberellic acid (GA3) and/or benzylaminopurine (BAP) either as an immersion (10 min) or a pulse (24 h), with GA3 (0.10, 0.25 mM), BAP (0.10, 0.25 mM) alone or combination of GA3 and BAP (0.10 mM + 0.10 mM or 0.25 mM + 0.25 mM) on the postharvest life of cut leaves of Calathea zebrina and Hosta sieboldiana were investigated. A pulse treatment with 0.10 mM GA3 + 0.10 mM BAP was the most ...
Africa is now in desperate need of entrepreneurial political leadership which seeks innovative and sustainable development pathways to address the plethora of current and emerging socio–economic and environmental challenges facing the continent. To meet the growing and changing economic aspirations of the largely young population, major productivity increases in agriculture and trade in ...
The aim of this study was to evaluate the antimicrobial and antioxidant potential of orange peel and seed extracts as additives to preserve quality of fresh–cut orange. Ethanolic extraction from seeds was fractionated in polar (PE) and non–polar (NPE) solvents, and essential oils from peels (PEO) were obtained. Total phenolics, flavonoids content, antioxidant activity, antifungal ...