Postharvest Monitoring

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Characteristics of postharvest quality in regional fruits treated with ionising radiation

Quality postharvest of three cultivated species of the Northeast Region of Brazil was evaluated after receiving ionising radiation. Cashew peduncles (Anacardium occidentale L. var. Nanum) stored for 14 days under 6.5°C had presented best results in the sensorial analyses for external appearance, flavour and aroma when irradiated with 1 kGy. Sapodillas (Manilkara sapodilla (L) Van Roy en) ...

Innovations in fruit packing: a slow kiwifruit packing line and a robotic apple packer

We briefly review the published advances which have been made in the fruit packing process and present two innovations; firstly, a novel packing line for kiwifruit and secondly, an automated apple ...

Treatments of hot water with calcium found effective for kiwifruit

Following the introduction of kiwifruit to the world market from New Zealand in the 1950s, increased export of kiwi led to rapid expansion in consumer demand and production. One of the challenges for growers is kiwifruit`s short storage life; the ...

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Ethylene Postharvest Portable Analyser

The MACView® Ethylene Postharvest Portable Analyser is an extreme sensitive ethylene measurement device suitable for measurement of ethylene in posthar- vest storage rooms, and scrubbers. Levels arround 1 ppb resolution can be mea- sured.