Dabai or Canarium odontophyllum Miq., from the family Burseraceae, is an important indigenous fruit to Borneo Island. However, it is a highly perishable fruit with short shelf life. Postharvest technology such as modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) can be used to maintain highly perishable fresh fruit quality and increase its shelf life. There is not much work has been carried out to study effe...

The study assessed the changes in quality and physical chemical parameters of apples four cultivars (‘Gala’, ‘Idared’, ‘Topaz’, ‘Red Prince’) subjected to mechanical vibration during transport under model conditions after storage (shelf-life). Quality were evaluated based on skin flesh colour, total soluble solids, dry matter, firmness, titratable acidity, pH value, polyphenol content, antioxid...

ABSTRACT The characteristics of four genetic materials feijoa (GM7, GM12, GM26, and GM27) after 7, 15, 30 days refrigerated storage (5°C 97% RH) followed by 7 shelf-life (20°C 80% were analyzed. Respiratory activity, weight loss, flesh firmness, external internal color, browning, total polyphenol content (TPC), antioxidant capacity (TAC) determined. GM12 exhibited the best respiratory activity ...

Fresh peaches are highly perishable and they deteriorate quickly during low temperature storage which results in losses in nutritional quality. To prevent these adverse effects, peach fruits were treated by dipping with γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA; 2, 4 and 6 mM) immediately after harvest and then stored at 1 °C for 7, 14, 21, and 28 days. Peach fruits treated with GABA exhibited higher flesh fir...

The concept of school sport on which we are basing our experience is set in the Historical Territory of Bizkaia (Basque Country, Spain) and this is regulated by Bizkaia’s Diputación Foral (Provincial Council), governed by the regional regulations of the Basque Government. This government takes the view that School Sport covers sport activities at teaching centres outside actual school teaching ...

The physicochemical changes occur during artificial ripening of Red banana variety using ethylene was studied for nine days of storage in a ripening chamber at a storage temperature and relative humidity of 22 °C and 85-88% respectively. It was observed that moisture content of pulp increased gradually during the storage time along with gradual increase in TSS till the end of storage period. St...

Firmness is an important aspect of the quality of fresh tomatoes. Its measurement is necessary for quality control, as well as for postharvest studies to develop procedures for preparation and handling of fresh-cut tomato slices. This study had two objectives, to determine how initial ripeness and cutting affect the textural changes in tomato tissue during storage and to develop a method for me...

Loquat fruit, popular all over the world for its mild, subacid, and sweet taste, has been classified as a non-climacteric fruit with very short postharvest life. The decays quickly after harvest, losses in titratable acidity, juiciness, internal browning occurs rapidly during shelf aim of our study was to assess effects cactus pear mucilage-based coating on quality, nutraceutical value, microbi...