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Postharvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Postharvest Biology, Quality, Safety, and Technology".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 March 2025) | Viewed by 3679

Special Issue Editors

Prof. Dr. Edna Maria Mendes Aroucha

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Department of Engineering and Ambiental Sciences, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region, Mossoro 59625-900, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Interests: postharvest quality; edible coating biopolymer based; biodegradable packaging
Dr. Ricardo Henrique De Lima Leite

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Department of Engineering and Technology, Federal Rural University of the Semi-Arid Region, Mossoro 59600-000, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil
Interests: materials science; biopolymer; food technology

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

The open access journal Horticulturae (IF: 3.1; Q1 in Horticulture) is pleased to announce that the launch of a new Special Issue titled “Postharvest Physiology of Horticultural Crops”. Given your expertise in this field, we would like to invite you to contribute an article to this Special Issue.

Fruits and vegetables have different compositions and are all subject to physiological changes during development or postharvest (storage or commercialization), which can modify their quality characteristics such as appearance, firmness, sugar content, pigments, and defense mechanisms. Profound modifications can occur due to physicochemical and biochemical changes that have a strong impact on sensory characteristics, influencing product acceptability and postharvest loss.

Furthermore, the adoption of several postharvest technologies has guaranteed the shelf-life of products during their marketable period, which can alter the metabolism of fruit and vegetables, and therefore, assessing the impact of these technologies on the postharvest physiology is necessary, for example, fruits and vegetables exhibit different behaviors when exposed to specific postharvest treatments. Although respiration rate and ethylene levels are the key metabolic events in fruits and vegetables during their development or ripening, physical, chemical, and biochemical changes can also be influenced by controllable and non-controllable preharvest factors.

The scientific findings have proven that cultivars with superior qualities associated with specific postharvest technology guarantee a higher nutritional quality for a longer period, in addition to contributing to greater food security, a critical global issue, with a significant impact on reducing postharvest losses and food waste.

Prof. Dr. Edna Maria Mendes Aroucha
Dr. Ricardo Henrique De Lima Leite
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • breeding
  • packaging
  • food technology
  • postharvest biology
  • postharvest technology
  • food chemistry

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Fruit Sorting Based on Maturity Reduces Internal Disorders in Vapor Heat-Treated ‘B74’ Mango
by Amit Khanal, Muhammad Asad Ullah, Priya Joyce, Neil White, Andrew Macnish, Eleanor Hoffman, Donald Irving, Richard Webb and Daryl Joyce
Horticulturae 2024, 10(12), 1257; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10121257 - 27 Nov 2024
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Postharvest internal disorders (IDs) in mango fruit present a significant challenge to the industry, with their underlying causes still unclear. This study investigated the relationship between fruit maturity and the susceptibility of vapor heat-treated (VHT) ‘B74’ mangoes to IDs in three experiments. In [...] Read more.
Postharvest internal disorders (IDs) in mango fruit present a significant challenge to the industry, with their underlying causes still unclear. This study investigated the relationship between fruit maturity and the susceptibility of vapor heat-treated (VHT) ‘B74’ mangoes to IDs in three experiments. In the first experiment, fruit were categorized into three maturity groups based on dry matter content (DMC): <15%, 15–17%, and >17%, using a handheld near-infrared device. Half of the fruit in each group underwent VHT, while the remainder were untreated controls. Flesh cavity with white patches (FCWP) was the only disorder observed exclusively in VHT fruit. The incidence and severity of FCWP was significantly higher (p < 0.05) in fruit with <15% DMC, with 12.4% incidence and a severity score of 0.2 on a 0–3 scale (0: healthy and 3: severely affected), compared to more mature fruit. In the second experiment, the fruits were harvested at early and late maturity stages, with average DMC values of 14.5% and 17.4%, respectively. The fruit was subjected to no VHT, VHT, and VHT following a 12 h pre-conditioning period at 37 ± 1 °C. Consistent with the first experiment, FCWP was observed only in VHT fruit, with early-harvested fruit displaying a significantly higher (p < 0.05) FCWP incidence (26.9%) and severity (0.3) compared to late-harvested fruit (8.3% incidence and 0.1 severity). Pre-conditioning significantly reduced FCWP, particularly in early-harvested fruit. In the third experiment, fruit maturity sorted based on density was assessed, followed by VHT and simulated sea freight under controlled (CA) and ambient atmospheres. Fruit density did not effectively differentiate maturity considering DMC as a maturity indicator. Storage conditions significantly reduced (p < 0.05) flesh browning incidence from 71.1% under ambient conditions to 33.3% under CA. This study highlights fruit maturity as a key factor in the susceptibility of ‘B74’ mangoes to postharvest IDs following VHT. Therefore, sorting fruit based on DMC at harvest or at the packing facility prior to VHT serves as a valuable decision support for reducing IDs in VHT fruit. Further research will explore advanced technologies to enable rapid and efficient fruit sorting based on DMC. Full article
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The Nutritional, Mineral, and Nutraceutical Quality Is Differentially Affected by the Mango Cultivar
by Nieves Briceida Pérez-Meza, Felipe Ayala-Tafoya, Rosabel Vélez-de la Rocha, Carlos Alfonso López-Orona, José Ángel Martínez-Gallardo, María Dolores Muy-Rangel and Cesar San-Martín-Hernández
Horticulturae 2024, 10(10), 1082; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae10101082 - 9 Oct 2024
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The main mango cultivars produced in the southern Pacific region of Mexico are Ataulfo, Manila, Haden, and Criollo. However, mineral, nutritional, and nutraceutical composition studies are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cultivars on the nutritional, mineral, and nutraceutical qualities [...] Read more.
The main mango cultivars produced in the southern Pacific region of Mexico are Ataulfo, Manila, Haden, and Criollo. However, mineral, nutritional, and nutraceutical composition studies are limited. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of cultivars on the nutritional, mineral, and nutraceutical qualities of mango produced in Mexico. The cultivar significantly affected (p ≤ 0.05) the fruit composition across these indices. Criollo had the highest potassium, magnesium, sodium, and zinc concentrations, while Haden showed the highest calcium content. Manila had the highest iron content, contributing 0.76% of the recommended daily intake. Ataulfo and Haden were statistically similar in manganese content, both higher than Criollo, with Ataulfo reaching the maximum copper concentration. Ataulfo also had the highest sugar content, while Criollo had the most dietary fiber (3.1%), double that of Ataulfo and Haden. Haden had the lowest dry matter (14.8%) and lowest protein content (0.46%), with Manila showing the lowest ash content. The cultivars also differed in nutraceutical composition: Ataulfo was highest in total phenols, DPPH, and vitamin A; Haden in carotenoids and flavonoids; and Criollo in vitamin C. Cultivar selection induces changes in mango nutritional composition. Full article
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