A5054586416- Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management
- Plant Physiology and Cultivation Studies
- Phytochemicals and Antioxidant Activities
- Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases
- Garlic and Onion Studies
- Horticultural and Viticultural Research
- Potato Plant Research
- Spectroscopy and Chemometric Analyses
- Berry genetics and cultivation research
- Flowering Plant Growth and Cultivation
- Plant Pathogens and Resistance
- Plant Surface Properties and Treatments
- Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Plant-Microbe Interactions and Immunity
- Plant Disease Management Techniques
- Essential Oils and Antimicrobial Activity
- Nanocomposite Films for Food Packaging
- Pineapple and bromelain studies
- Growth and nutrition in plants
- Microbial Metabolites in Food Biotechnology
- Fungal Plant Pathogen Control
- Optical Coherence Tomography Applications
- Urban Agriculture and Sustainability
- Electrochemical sensors and biosensors
- Banana Cultivation and Research
Cranfield University
2016-2025
Center for Research and Advanced Studies of the National Polytechnic Institute
2018
University of Warwick
2011
Plant (United States)
2009
University of Bristol
2007
University of Bedfordshire
2007
Abstract 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) is an inhibitor of ethylene perception that widely used to maintain the quality several climacteric fruits during storage. A large body literature now exists on effects 1-MCP fruit ripening for different species and environmental conditions, presenting opportunity use meta-analysis systematically dissect these effects. We classified 44 indicators into five categories: physiology biochemistry, quality, enzyme activity, color, volatiles. Meta-analysis...
Food loss and waste (FLW) reduction presents a major opportunity for enhancing the sustainability resilience of food supply chain. However, lack evidence regarding scale origins FLW hinder determination its environmental impact prioritisation mitigation action. We herein conducted study to quantify in UK horticulture chain, estimate as assessed through CO2 equivalent (CO2e) emissions. Through metanalysis existing literature supplemented with stakeholder engagement, we estimated that 2.4 Mt...
Deficit irrigation (DI) detrimentally affected berry size but had a profound effect on fruit physiology and biochemistry. Strawberry cv. Elsanta from DI-treated plants higher levels of abscisic acid (ABA). Dry matter content as proportion fresh weight was increased by quarter in water-stressed compared to harvested held at or near field capacity. Concomitant this, the concentration some taste-related (viz. monosaccharides sugar/acid ratios) health-related compounds/parameters antioxidant...
Black currant fruits are recognized as being an important dietary source of health-related compounds, such anthocyanins and ascorbic acid. In the present study, biochemical composition (viz., nonstructural carbohydrates, individual anthocyanins, total phenolics, organic acids, including acid) from 17 UK-grown black cultivars was analyzed. Berry significantly affected by genotype. Nonstructural carbohydrates ranged 85.09 to 179.92 mg g−1 on a fresh weight (FW) basis, while concentration for...
Abstract The rise of food security up international political, societal and academic agendas has led to increasing interest in novel means improving primary production reducing waste. There are however, also many ‘post-farm gate’ activities that critical security, including processing, packaging, distributing, retailing, cooking consuming. These all affect a range important elements, notably availability, affordability other aspects access, nutrition safety. Addressing the challenge...
World trade has transformed food retailing and driven the development of technology for transportation storage horticultural products, providing year-round supply fruit vegetables. Horticultural produce is highly perishable, as vegetables continue their metabolic processes that lead to ripening senescence after harvest, making them ultimately unmarketable. Advanced postharvest technologies are essential reducing waste while maintaining high standards safety quality. Together with cold...
Food losses and waste have always been a significant global problem for mankind, one which has become increasingly recognised as such by policy makers, food producers, processors, retailers, consumers. It is, however, an emotive subject whereby the extent, accuracy resolution of available data on postharvest loss are questionable, that key performance indicators can be misinformed. The nature extent differ among developed economies, economies in transition developing countries. While most...
Methods devised for oil extraction from avocado (Persea americana Mill.) mesocarp (e.g., Soxhlet) are usually lengthy and require operation at high temperature. Moreover, methods extracting sugars tissue 80% ethanol, v/v) do not allow lipids to be easily measured the same sample. This study describes a new simple method that enabled sequential subsequent quantification of both fatty acids Freeze-dried samples cv. Hass fruit different ripening stages were extracted by homogenization with...