Special issue 'Biochemical and molecular approaches to postharvest research': an overview.
Postharvest changes in fruit and vegetable quality involve numerous, complex, andoften interlinked metabolic pathways and physiological events. Because metabolic activityremains high after harvest, the control of these events is challenging. For this reason,fruits and vegetables are highly perishabl...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2024 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya) |
| Repositorio: | Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:recercat.cat:10459.1/467338 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms252111807 https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/467338 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Cuticle Gene expression Heat shock Peach Postharvest |
| Sumario: | Postharvest changes in fruit and vegetable quality involve numerous, complex, andoften interlinked metabolic pathways and physiological events. Because metabolic activityremains high after harvest, the control of these events is challenging. For this reason,fruits and vegetables are highly perishable commodities, and the deterioration of theirquality is the cause of important economic losses, particularly when shipped to farawaydestination markets.The main goal of postharvest research is to delay senescence and spoilage during shelflife and storage, while preserving and even favoring desirable quality traits. However, fruitand vegetables are also remarkably diverse in their structure, physiology, and tolerance toenvironmental conditions. In addition, the use of agrochemicals is becoming ever morerestricted by local and international regulations and unacceptable to the final consumers ofthe produce. Therefore, postharvest handling and storage procedures need to be tailored toeach specific commodity.To achieve these goals, a deeper and more comprehensive knowledge of the physi-ological, biochemical, and molecular basis of fruit and vegetable quality is required, andthe application of advanced analysis techniques will be paramount to aid the in-depthunderstanding of postharvest changes. The Special Issue 'Biochemical and Molecular Approaches to Postharvest Research' was launched with the aim of offering an overviewof recent research work in this area.Twelve manuscripts were submitted for publication in this Special Issue, five of whichwere accepted after peer-review. The articles finally compiled in this Special Issue delveinto the complex biological and physiological processes that influence the quality of plantproduce over postharvest life. These studies considered climacteric (pear and saskatoonberry) and non-climacteric (orange and table grape) fruit species, as well as cassava, as arepresentative example of an important tuberous-root crop. Reported research examinedthe biochemical and molecular mechanisms underlying produce deterioration after harvest,and explored the potential of different postharvest treatments (abscisic acid, ozone, andCO2) to delay quality loss and hence to extend the shelf life of produce. The aim of this Editorial was to summarize and provide a joint discussion of these contributions. |
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