New Approaches to the Storage and Effective Processing of Agricultural Products
A special issue of Agriculture (ISSN 2077-0472). This special issue belongs to the section "Agricultural Product Quality and Safety".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (10 May 2024) | Viewed by 646
Special Issue Editors
Interests: postharvest physiology of fruit and vegetables; postharvest technologies to preserve overall quality; functional and nutritional quality; native resources valorization; pomology
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Interests: biodiversity; ecosystem functioning; carbon cycling; forest management; biomass estimation
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Interests: edible gel coatings; fruit quality; tropical horticulture; fruit postharvest
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Agricultural products are highly nutritious and provide significant benefits for human health. They are also highly perishable and are thus easily susceptible to spoilage, leading to reduced quality attributes and consequent food loss. Over the years, cold chain technologies have been employed to reduce the quality loss of fruits and vegetables from farm to fork. However, many losses still occur during the packaging, pre-cooling, transportation, and storage of these fresh agricultural products. On the other hand, due to growing concerns about food safety and environmental issues, a major goal for the postharvest handling of agricultural products should emphasise both the effective preservation of the quality attributes, and the use of appropriate technologies that are considered safe with low, or no, adverse environmental impacts.
This Special Issue aims to cover the recent advances in the maintenance of agricultural product quality. We highly encourage papers that focus on new sustainable production practices, the innovative use of technology, quality evaluation, sustainability, consumer attitude, and creative product development in all steps of the production and distribution chain.
Dr. Giuseppe Sortino
Dr. Giovanna Sala
Dr. Ilenia Tinebra
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- pre-harvest
- post-harvest storage
- quality of fruit and vegetables
- antioxidant
- post-harvest
- shelf-life
- storability
- sensory analysis
- consumer choice
- monitoring systems
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