Potassium permanganate-based ethylene scavengers for fresh horticultural produce as an active packaging

MH Álvarez-Hernández… - Food Engineering …, 2019 - Springer
Potassium permanganate (KMnO 4) is a powerful ethylene (C 2 H 4)-scavenging agent
widely used in fresh horticultural commodities to delay the postharvest maturation …

[HTML][HTML] Opuntia ficus indica mucilage coatings regulate cell wall softening enzymes and delay the ripening of banana fruit stored at retail conditions

MH Shinga, OA Fawole - International Journal of Biological …, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid ripening and softening due to cell wall polysaccharide degradation and disassembly
pose major challenges in extending fruit storability. This study aimed to examine the efficacy …

Comparison of nano-calcium and calcium chloride spray on postharvest quality and cell wall enzymes activity in apple cv. Red Delicious

S Ranjbar, M Rahemi, A Ramezanian - Scientia Horticulturae, 2018 - Elsevier
The aim of the experiment was to compare the effects of preharvest nano-calcium and
calcium chloride spraying on postharvest quality and the cell wall enzyme activities of the …

Postharvest quality retention of apricots by using a novel sepiolite–loaded potassium permanganate ethylene scavenger

MH Álvarez-Hernández… - Postharvest Biology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
A new potassium permanganate–based ethylene (C 2 H 4) scavenger was developed using
sepiolite as support material. The effects of the scavenger on the main quality attributes of …

Post-harvest calcium chloride treatments influence fruit firmness, cell wall components and cell wall hydrolyzing enzymes of Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana Lamk.) fruits …

V Jain, S Chawla, P Choudhary, S Jain - Journal of food science and …, 2019 - Springer
Ber fruits of two varieties having variable shelf lives viz. Umran (8–9 days) and Kaithali (4–5
days) given post-harvest treatments of calcium chloride (1% and 2%) were analyzed for …

Impact of staggered treatments of novel molecules and ethylene absorbents on postharvest fruit physiology and enzyme activity of 'Santa Rosa'plums

S Sharma, RR Sharma - Scientia Horticulturae, 2016 - Elsevier
The present investigation was conducted to study the effect of staggered removal of cold
stored (2° C) plums at 7, 14 and 21 days interval and their subsequent treatment with …

Effects of calcium lactate on postharvest quality of bitter gourd fruit during cold storage

U Prajapati, R Asrey, E Varghese… - Physiology and Molecular …, 2021 - Springer
This study was aimed to assess the effects of calcium lactate (CL) on quality, shelf-life and
storage physiology of bitter gourd. Fruits were dipped in the aqueous solution of CL (50, 75 …

Investigation of developed clay‐nanocomposite packaging film on quality of peach fruit (Prunus persica Cv. Alberta) during cold storage

H Ebrahimi, B Abedi, H Bodaghi… - Journal of Food …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
A nanocomposite packaging film (NPF) prepared by blending polyethylene (PE) with
nanoclay (closite 20A) was used. The effects of NPF on the quality parameters of mature …

Biochemical characterization of some varieties of apricot present in the Vesuvius area, Southern Italy

F Fratianni, R Cozzolino, A d'Acierno, MN Ombra… - Frontiers in …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
The witnesses of the millenary history of Campania felix in southern Italy highlighted that
several fruit and vegetables cultivated in such territory could potentially be a treasure trove …

[PDF][PDF] Effect of calcium chloride on anthracnose disease and postharvest quality of red-flesh dragon fruit (Hylocereus polyrhizus)

Y Awang, MAA Ghani, K Sijam… - Afr. J. Microbiol …, 2011 - academicjournals.org
The study was conducted to examine the effects of CaCl2 postharvest treatment on
development of anthracnose, measured as lesion size and quality of red-flesh dragon fruit …