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This collection features four peer-reviewed reviews on improving
the shelf life of horticultural produce. The first chapter
introduces the concept of smart distribution and highlights how
optimising the management of produce distribution systems can
reduce loss and waste in the horticultural sector and extend shelf
life by minimising quality deterioration. The chapter also
discusses the use of remote sensing technology to determine food
quality. The second chapter reviews a selection of pre- and
postharvest strategies used to optimise fruit quality. The chapter
considers ways of measuring harvest maturity, as well as the role
of temperature controlled environments in extending the shelf life
of tree fruit. The third chapter summarises the wealth of recent
research on the preservation of fruit quality in mango production,
as well as how postharvest operations can be optimised to reduce
loss and waste and maximise shelf life, including the use of
controlled environments, waxes and edible coatings. The final
chapter explores the advantages and disadvantages of cultivating
ripening-impaired tomato mutants and genetically engineered
genotypes characterized by inhibition of the ripening process. The
chapter considers the use of ethylene inhibitors and controlled
environments as a means of mitigating devastating yield losses.
This specially curated collection features five reviews of current
and key research on fruit losses and waste. The first chapter
reviews the magnitude of losses and waste of fruit and vegetables
as well as key issues in estimating losses. It provides a detailed
assessment of the main causes of losses and waste together with
strategies for their prevention. The second chapter assesses the
adoption of new, non-destructive technologies as a way of measuring
harvest maturity and improving sorting operations to minimise the
risk of product loss and waste. The third chapter outlines the
importance of harvest management of apples and considers the
importance of various factors associated with fruit physiology,
maturation and ripening to reduce losses. The fourth chapter
reviews existing research in the preservation of fruit quality and
reduction of post-harvest damage and loss by adopting suitable
technologies and knowledge during post-harvest operation, storage
management, transportation and marketing of mango fruit. The final
chapter explores the advantages and disadvantages of cultivating
ripening-impaired tomato mutants. It describes how controlling
tomato diseases in both pre- and postharvest operations can help
avoid fruit losses.
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