A method of quantitatively measuring tissue damage during fresh-cut vegetable processing was developed based on optical imaging technology. Images of damaged and undamaged tissues were acquired through a digital imaging system. The damaged areas were recognized and quantified using an Image-Pro Plus software program based on color differences of the damaged and undamaged tissues. In order to im...

Bergquist, S. 2006. Bioactive compounds in baby spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.). Effects of preand postharvest factors. Doctoral dissertation. ISSN 1652-6880, ISBN 91-576-7111-7. A high intake of fruit and vegetables is well known to have positive effects on human health, and has been correlated to a decreased risk of most degenerative diseases of ageing, such as cardiovascular disease, cataract...

The losses in fruits and vegetables in various postharvest operations remained high in which tomato is one of the major vegetable fruit. Tomato is a sensitive vegetable whose quality is substantially reduces due to physical damage encountered by various mechanical forces in harvesting, handling and other postharvest operation. In this study an attempt was made to determine mechanical properties...

Citrus fruits are perishable and considered the most prominent essential crops at local global levels. The world is focused on minimizing fruit postharvest losses, maintaining quality, prolonging its storability marketability. Thus, this study was carried out throughout two successive seasons of 2018 2019 Murcott mandarin fruits, with purpose extending their storage period shelf life by making ...

Lahlali, R., Brostaux, Y., and Jijakli, M. H. 2011. Control of apple blue mold by the antagonistic yeast Pichia anomala strain K: Screening of UV protectants for preharvest application. Plant Dis. 95:311-316. When applied preharvest, antagonistic yeasts that act as biocontrol agents of postharvest fruit diseases must survive the environmental conditions in the field. In particular, UV-B radiati...

leaf yellowing is a major problem in postharvest of alstroemeria cut flowers. for delaying of leaf yellowing and increasing flower quality a completely randomized factorial design was carried out on the alstroemeria cut flowers (‘fuji’ cultivar). in this research ethanol (0, 2, 4, 6%), ga3 (0, 50, 100, 150 mg/litre) in two methods (pulse and continuous) were investigated on the flower vese life...

Abstract Sapota is one of fruits with short period shelf life. One techniques to extend sapota’s life edible coating. Currently, hydrocolloid green grass jelly combining sodium alginate was used and evaluated determine its effect on the sapota fruit. Coating done using two different concentration jelly, 0.2% 0.4% no treatment as a control treatment. Coated were stored at room temperature every ...

Fig. 1. Wound ethylene production at 20C by tomato pericarp disks cut from the blossom, equator, and stem regions of mature green fruit. Data are means The physiology of lightly processed (LP) fruits and vegetables is essentially the physiology of wounded tissue. This type of processing, involving abrasion, peeling, slicing, chopping, or shredding, differs from traditional processing in that th...