Food loss and waste prevention strategies from farm to fork

R Nicastro, P Carillo - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
About one-third of the food produced globally for human consumption is lost or wasted each
year. This represents a loss of natural resources consumed along the food supply chain that …

Transcriptomic mechanism revealed IbGST4 and IbGST2 genes response to low-temperature stress in sweet potatoes

WS Zhao, LF Yan, KD Hu, ZL Zhou, SQ Wang… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.) is a crop native to the tropics that is weakly resistant to
cold. Low temperatures are important factors limiting its storage. By analyzing the …

The Effects of Temperature on the Quality and Storage Stalibity of Sweet Potato (Ipomoea batatas L. [Lam]) Grown in Central Europe

B Krochmal-Marczak, B Sawicka, B Krzysztofik… - Agronomy, 2020 - mdpi.com
The research focuses on the effects of temperature on the quality and storage stability of
sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas L.[Lam]). It is based on the results of a field experiment …

Blanching effect on physicochemical and functional properties of flours processed from peeled and unpeeled white‐fleshed sweet potato Algerian cultivar

L Belkacemi - Food Science and Technology, 2022 - SciELO Brasil
White sweet potato has high potential for flour production whose using in food preparations
depends on its functional characteristics which in turn depend on variety, pretreatment …

Fungal communities, nutritional, physiological and sensory characteristics of sweet potato under three Chinese representative storages

L Li, HN Sun, M Zhang, TH Mu, NM Khan… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Abstract Changes in fungi communities, nutritional, physiological and sensory
characteristics of sweet potato tuber roots (TRs) under Chinese representative storages …

Sweetpotato production practices, constraints, and variety evaluation under different storage types

T Abrham, HM Beshir, A Haile - Food and Energy Security, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Sweetpotato plays an important role in ensuring food security and household income
sources for local communities in Ethiopia. It is dominantly grown in southern parts of …

Effects of different storage temperatures on the quality and shelf life of Malaysian sweet potato (Ipomoea Batatas L.) varieties

PDC Sanchez, N Hashim, R Shamsudin… - Food Packaging and Shelf …, 2021 - Elsevier
In this study, we investigated the effects of different storage temperatures on the quality and
shelf-life of Malaysian sweet potatoes in terms of moisture content (MC), soluble solids …

Transcriptomic analyses of carvone inhibited sprouting in sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam cv 'Yan 25′) storage roots

S Geng, Z Liu, JB Golding, P Pristijono, Z Lv… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Sprouting is an important postharvest problem in the transport and storage of sweet potato.
This study investigated the effect of carvone fumigation on the development of sprouts in …

Laser-light backscattering imaging approach in monitoring and classifying the quality changes of sweet potatoes under different storage conditions

PDC Sanchez, N Hashim, R Shamsudin… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Optical imaging techniques have gained wide attention for quality detection of agricultural
and food products. In this work, the non-destructive ability of the laser-light backscattering …

Production innovations to enhance sweetpotato as a food security crop in northern Ghana

I Sugri, D Akansake, IA Abukari, JW Low… - Crop …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract Sweetpotato (Ipomoea batatas (L) Lam) is prioritized among crops that enhance
food security and reduce malnutrition in Ghana. The production is expanding faster than …