The perishability nature of harvested fruits and vegetables, along with the effect of
environmental factors, storage conditions, and transportation, reduce the products' quality …

Many by-products that are harmful to the environment and human health are generated
during food processing. However, these wastes are often potential resources with high …

New packaging materials are an emerging field in the food industry. Poor thermal,
mechanical, chemical, and physical properties of biopolymers, and also their inherent …

Recent years have witnessed great developments in biobased polymer packaging films for
the serious environmental problems caused by the petroleum-based nonbiodegradable …

The fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea causes grey mould, a commercially damaging disease
of strawberry. This pathogen affects fruit in the field, storage, transport and market. The …

Chitosan, derived from chitin, a major constituent (in quantity) of crustaceans, is a unique
aminopolysaccharide with emerging commercial potential in agriculture, food …

More than one third of harvested fruit and vegetables are lost and do not reach the
customers mainly due to postharvest decay. During the last decade, several postharvest …

Nanostructured coatings made with chitosan (100% Q), alginate (100% A) and blends of
50% Q–50% A; 90% Q–10% A and 90% A–10% Q, were added with (1% v/v gel) of …

Chitosan edible films and coatings have shown great promise for their application in food
preservation and also are promising systems to be used as essential oil (EO) carriers. This …

Considering the well-being cognizance of masses, the microgreens have emerged as the
potential therapeutic functional foods for improving the overall health by dietary …