Innovative Technologies for Shelf-Life Extension and Quality Improvement of Fruit and Vegetables
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 (25 February 2024) | Viewed by 6071
Special Issue Editors
Interests: nitric oxide; hydrogen sulfide; postharvest biology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Fresh, delicious, nutritional, and healthy fruit and vegetable products are increasingly in demand with increasing living standards. However, due to the highly perishable nature of fruits and vegetables, postharvest preservation is an ongoing challenge. Therefore, researchers around the world are engaged in efforts to investigate new technologies and safe, environmentally friendly strategies for shelf-life extension and quality improvement in postharvest fruit and vegetables.
The goal of this Research Topic is to highlight the latest discoveries in the area of innovative technologies for shelf-life extension and quality improvement of fruit and vegetables. We welcome submissions of manuscripts that showcase the latest insights into new technologies for quality preservation or improvement of fruits and vegetables.
Examples of potential areas include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. Exogenous compounds such as salicylic acid, methyl jasmonate, melatonin, nitric oxide, sulfide on ripening, and senescence of postharvest fruits and vegetables.
2. Transcriptomic and metabolomic studies of new technologies for that provide novel mechanistic insights into the molecular processes triggered by these technologies.
3. The application of essential oils as bioactive compounds in edible coatings of fruits and vegetables and fresh-cut products.
4. New technologies to prevent microbial contamination and inhibit browning in minimally processed fruits and vegetables.
Prof. Dr. Liqin Zhu
Prof. Dr. Jingying Shi
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- postharvest fruits and vegetables
- fruit quality
- shelf-life extension
- new technologies
- fresh cut fruits and vegetables
- browning