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Future directions for horticultural postharvest technology.

Sharples, R. O.;

Postharvest News and Information Year: 1990 Vol: 1 Issue: 3 Pages: 191-194 Ref: 10 ref.

1990

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Market demands for an ever increasing choice of fresh fruits and vegetables produced with minimal chemical inputs and environmental damage are challenging the ingenuity of today's postharvest scientists and engineers. Although the main storage techniques will continue to be based on control of temperature and atmospheric composition, new methods for preventing ethylene-induced deterioration may soon be available to replace chemical treatments on some crops. More basic information is required on the interactions of ethylene, CO2 and O2 to assist in the extension of controlled atmosphere storage to a wider range of horticultural crops. Heat and irradiation are likely to be investigated further as alternatives to fungicides for suppressing storage diseases and, in the longer term, various forms of biological control may be introduced. Future progress will also depend on parallel advances in engineering techniques, particularly those associated with the regulation of moisture loss and the control of store atmosphere composition. Improved methods of quantifying the extension of quality as perceived by the consumer and extending grading to eating as well as visual quality criteria are urgently required. Progress will depend on carefully co-ordinated multidisciplinary approaches to these problems and the continuing attraction of high calibre scientists to work in the field of postharvest research.