Background Banana fruit is a popular crop in global agriculture production and trade.
Bananas are delicate fresh produce where external factors can highly affect their quality …

Bioactive compounds and healthful nutrient-rich fresh fruits and vegetables enrich our lives
with nutrition and health. Discoloration due to enzymatic browning is one of the serious …

The exploration of novel functional packaging films is of great scientific and technological
interest. Herein, a novel chitosan/hollow gC 3 N 4/curcumin (CS-HCNS-Cur) biocomposite …

Pine needle waste-based ethylene scavenging paper was developed by incorporating
nanomaterial halloysite nanotube (HNT) and micro-fibrillated cellulose (MFC). The ethylene …

The production of in vitro banana transplants has become an important practice in the global
banana production. Proper and enough nutrients are needed for banana production …

Ethylene, released from fruits and vegetables (F&V) after harvest and during storage, often
accelerates the ripening or over-ripening and may be caused decay, leading to substantial …

This study aimed to develop a novel edible packaging film for the postharvest preservation
of banana based on chitosan (CS) and persimmon peel extract (PPE). Scanning electron …

Bananas are susceptible to the effects of endogenous enzymatic, leading to their rapid
decay and deterioration. In order to mitigate economic losses and prolong the shelf life of …

The study involves the preparation and characterization of crosslinked-carboxymethyl
cellulose (CMC) films using varying amounts of citric acid (CA) within the range 5%–20 …

Mechanical damage of fresh fruit occurs throughout the postharvest supply chain leading to
poor consumer acceptance and marketability. In this review, the mechanisms of damage …