Postharvest Physiology and Technology of Tropical Fruits (Indonesia)

Abstract Indonesia is tropical country and has many islands, thus, postharvest problem arises from both inter-island export in order shipping the fruit center of production to consumers. This review an effort making a contribution solve such as perishable short storage life. After study, there are facts recommendation been made. First one durian, citrus, mango, pineapples, papaya, banana, salacca have big amount annually, it required most distributing products. The potential but still lower boost export. Second study physiology properly star fruit, duku, citrus siam, pamelo, mangosteen, jackfruit, rambutan, sapodilla, salacca, breadfruit, water melon, grapes which true topical, mostly limited data. Even though passion apple, papaya plenty research data some needs study. Third one, senescent behaviour i.e. respiration ethylene production, relevant quick check for choosing treatment.