Innovations in Postharvest Physiology and Technology: Key to Optimizing the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
A special issue of Foods (ISSN 2304-8158). This special issue belongs to the section "Food Packaging and Preservation".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2025 | Viewed by 430
Special Issue Editor
Interests: fruit quality; postharvest physiology; plant physiology; postharvest technology
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The growing demand for high-quality fresh fruits and vegetables, together with the need for sustainable agricultural practices, has increased interest in postharvest physiology and technology, as well as innovation. To successfully maintain fruit and vegetable quality and reduce losses and wastage, adequate and effective knowledge of postharvest physiology and technology is necessary, and only through this can the challenges that we face be successfully addressed. With consumer demand for quality increasing, the role of postharvest physiology and technology is crucial. However, we must also open up new markets and effectively reduce postharvest losses in a sustainable manner. This objective will be attainable and accessible if there is an effective transfer of knowledge to the productive sector. Therefore, this Special Issue will present recent advances, based on physiology and innovation, to maintain the quality of fruit and vegetable products and reduce losses and wastage. We invite the submission of original research manuscripts and review articles focusing on the titled topic.
Potential topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Innovative postharvest technologies for extending shelf life;
- Ethylene management and control for maintaining fruit quality;
- Postharvest disease management and control;
- Sustainable postharvest practices and environmental impact;
- Impact of harvesting, packaging, transportation, and storage conditions on the quality of fruits and vegetables;
- Innovative pre- and post-harvest treatments that improve fruit and vegetable quality;
- Reductions in losses and waste using innovative technologies.
Prof. Dr. Juan Luis Valenzuela
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- postharvest physiology, pathology and technology
- innovative technologies
- ethylene control and management
- postharvest losses and wastes
- fresh cut products
- quality assessment methods
- quality changes during handling, cold storage and marketing
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