Finding safe and effective alternatives to synthetic fungicides for reducing postharvest losses
of harvested commodities has been a focus of much research over the past three decades …

Background Significant product losses of fresh fruits and vegetables occur in the postharvest
storage due to rapid senescence and diseases. The traditional postharvest preservation …

The effects of exogenous melatonin on postharvest life and quality in strawberry fruit after
harvest were evaluated. To explore the optimum concentration of melatonin treatment …

Abstract Ultraviolet‐C (UV‐C) radiation has been reported to induce defence responses to
pathogens in growing crops and described as a new environmentally friendly method for …

Physical treatments have gained great interest in recent years to control many postharvest
diseases in fruits and vegetables because the total absence of residues in the treated …

There is an abundant literature about the biological and physiological effects of UV-B light
and the signaling and metabolic pathways it triggers and influences. Much less is known …

UV-C treatment is a new and environment-friendly strategy to reduce postharvest decay in
several fruits. In this work, we studied the induction of resistance to Botrytis cinerea in …

Tropical fruits production, trade and consumption have increased significantly due to their
attractive sensory and nutrimental properties; nevertheless, their highly perishable nature …

Fruit and vegetables are an important part of human diets and provide multiple health
benefits. However, due to the short shelf-life of fresh and minimally-processed fruit and …

Postharvest losses of whole and fresh‐cut fruits and vegetables cause significant reductions
in food availability and an increase in economic losses/damages. Additionally, regulatory …