Water loss of fresh fruit: Influencing pre-harvest, harvest and postharvest factors

R Lufu, A Ambaw, UL Opara - Scientia Horticulturae, 2020 - Elsevier
Physiological water loss is one of the many postharvest disorders in the fresh fruit industry.
Water loss initiates wilting, shrivelling, browning, loss in fruit texture, flavour, and saleable …

New trends in cold chain monitoring applications-A review

R Badia-Melis, U Mc Carthy, L Ruiz-Garcia… - Food Control, 2018 - Elsevier
Current global food supply chains are faced with an ever increasing variety of modern day
societal challenges. As a direct result of these challenges many of these supply chains are …

Synergistic effect of a novel chitosan/silica nanocomposites-based formulation against gray mold of table grapes and its possible mode of action

K Youssef, AG de Oliveira, CA Tischer, I Hussain… - International journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Ecofriendly nanostructured materials have been proposed as promising alternative control
means to prevent plant diseases. Chitosan nanoparticles (CN), silica nanoparticles (SN) and …

Parametric review of food supply chain performance implications under different aspects

J Sharma, M Tyagi, A Bhardwaj - Journal of Advances in Management …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose Presented work gives comparative review of food supply chain (FSC) under various
notions related to its conceptualisation, operationality and technological advancements in …

Designing ventilated packaging for the fresh produce cold chain

TM Berry, T Defraeye, C Shrivastava, A Ambaw… - Food and Bioproducts …, 2022 - Elsevier
Horticultural packaging is a critical component of the cold chain and influences both the
preservation of fresh produce quality as well as the efficiency of cold chain operations …

Effects of Different Sulfur Dioxide Pads on Botrytis Mold in 'Italia' Table Grapes under Cold Storage

S Ahmed, SR Roberto, AR Domingues, M Shahab… - Horticulturae, 2018 - mdpi.com
'Italia'grape is one of the most important table grape cultivars grown worldwide. Gray mold,
caused by Botrytis cinerea Pers. Fr., is one of the most important causes of postharvest …

The influence of internal packaging (Liners) on moisture dynamics and physical and physiological quality of pomegranate fruit during cold storage

R Lufu, A Ambaw, UL Opara - Foods, 2021 - mdpi.com
Weight loss and decay are common physiological disorders during postharvest handling
and storage of pomegranates. The study focused on relating the ability of plastic liners as …

Energy usage of forced air precooling of pomegranate fruit inside ventilated cartons

M Mukama, A Ambaw, TM Berry, UL Opara - Journal of Food Engineering, 2017 - Elsevier
Energy usage is a crucial factor when computing the cost of storing produce. With the ever-
increasing cost of energy and attention to environmental problems, understanding energy …

Analysing the dynamics of quality loss during precooling and ambient storage of pomegranate fruit

M Mukama, A Ambaw, TM Berry, UL Opara - Journal of Food Engineering, 2019 - Elsevier
In this paper the spatiotemporal profile of quality loss of pomegranate fruit (cv. Wonderful)
was investigated during precooling and simulated shelf conditions. The effects of relative …

Analysis of the creep behaviour of ventilated corrugated paperboard packaging for handling fresh produce—An experimental study

T Fadiji, CJ Coetzee, UL Opara - Food and Bioproducts Processing, 2019 - Elsevier
During handling, storage and transportation of fresh horticultural produce such as pome fruit,
packages are often stacked. The resistance of the package, particularly the bottom package …