Technologies and Strategies to Improve the Quality and Extend the Shelf-Life of Post-Harvest Fruits and Vegetables
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Foods".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2025 | Viewed by 548
Special Issue Editor
Interests: post-harvest fruit physiology; fresh product preservation; biodegradable food packaging films; food packaging film performance enhancement technology
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Dear Colleagues,
Fresh fruits and vegetables have a unique nutritional value and flavor that cannot be replaced by other foods, but most fresh fruits and vegetables are fragile and easily mechanically damaged during the post-harvest commercialization stage, and they quickly decay during the post-harvest transportation, storage and retail stages, resulting in losses in post-harvest economic value. Traditional post-harvest preservatives employing chemical residues present health risks. Therefore, researchers are currently committed to developing novel green and efficient post-harvest fruit and vegetable preservation strategies, including cold plasma, edible coatings, active packaging, biological antagonists, and other physical, chemical, and biological preservation strategies to extend the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Therefore, the purpose of this Special Issue is to provide readers with a comprehensive overview of the latest developments and advances in various emerging post-harvest preservation strategies for extending the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables. Therefore, we invite authors to submit original research articles and reviews.
Dr. Wanli Zhang
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- post-harvest fruit
- shelf life
- edible coating
- active packaging
- antimicrobial agents
- physiological quality
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