Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables

This book, chock full of color illustrations, addresses the main postharvest physiological disorders studied in fruits and vegetables. For a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables describes visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and approaches to predict and control these disorders after harvest. Color photographs illustrate the disorders, important factors, physiology, and management. The book includes a detailed description of the visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and possible approaches to predict and control physiological disorders. The mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the disorders are discussed in detail in each chapter, based on recent studies, which can help readers better understand the factors regulating each disorder. The description of possible approaches to predict and control each disorder can help growers, shippers, wholesalers, and retailers to determine the best management practices to reduce disorder incidence and crop losses. Features: Presents visual symptoms of postharvest physiological disorders that will help readers to precisely identify the disorders in fruits and vegetables Details mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the postharvest disorders Explains possible approaches to predict and control these disorders Suggests the best postharvest management approaches for each crop Although there are many scientific publications on postharvest physiological disorders, there are no recent reviews or books putting together the most recent information about the mechanisms regulating, as well as about the possible approaches to predict and control these disorders.

Contents Dedication................................................................................................................................................... v Foreword..................................................................................................................................................xiii Preface....................................................................................................................................................xvii Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................xix Editors......................................................................................................................................................xxi Contributors...........................................................................................................................................xxiii Section I General Issues, Physiological and Technological Effects 1 Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruit and Vegetables...................................................... 3 Sergio Tonetto de Freitas and Sunil Pareek 2 Pre-Harvest Cultural Practices Affecting Postharvest Physiological Disorders, Minerals, and Titratable Acidity in Cucurbit Melon.................................................................. 15 Hong Li 3 Oxidative Stress and Physiological Disorders.............................................................................. 29 Christian Larrigaudière and Jordi Giné-Bordonaba 4 Chilling Injury................................................................................................................................. 61 Palash Biswas and David A. Brummell 5 Disorders During Storage of Fruits and Vegetables.................................................................... 89 Daniel Alexandre Neuwald, Adriano Arriel Saquet, Nadine Klein 6 Positive and Negative Effects of Heat Treatment on the Incidence of Physiological Disorders in Fresh Produce.......................................................................................................... 111 Elazar Fallik and Zoran Ilic 7 Cracking in Fruits and Vegetables.............................................................................................. 127 Ali Khadivi Section II Temperate Fruits 8 Apple............................................................................................................................................... 165 Christopher B. Watkins and James P. Mattheis 9 Berries............................................................................................................................................ 207 R.R. Sharma and Vijay Rakesh Reddy S. 10 Cherry............................................................................................................................................ 223 Bed Prasad Khatiwada and Elizabeth Mitcham 11 Table Grape................................................................................................................................... 237 Bruno G. Defilippi, Sebastian A. Rivera, Alonso Perez-Donoso, Mauricio Gonzalez- Aguero, and Reinaldo Campos-Vargas 12 Muskmelon..................................................................................................................................... 261 Juan Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo 13 Peach and Nectarine..................................................................................................................... 293 George A. Manganaris, Ariel R. Vicente, Pedro J. Martinez-Garcia, and Carlos H. Crisosto 14 European Pear............................................................................................................................... 305 Yan Wang and Kazem Arzani 15 Asian Pear...................................................................................................................................... 329 Kazem Arzani Section III Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits 16 Banana............................................................................................................................................ 349 Scot C. Nelson and Sarah J. Pethybridge 17 Citrus.............................................................................................................................................. 377 Joanna Lado, Paul JR Cronje, Maria Jesus Rodrigo, and Lorenzo Zacarias 18 Date................................................................................................................................................. 399 Salah M. Aleid 19 Kiwifruit......................................................................................................................................... 421 Sunny George Gwanpua, Munazza Saeed, Abdul Jabbar and Julian Heyes 20 Litchi............................................................................................................................................... 435 Yueming Jiang 21 Mango............................................................................................................................................. 443 Jeffrey K. Brecht 22 Papaya............................................................................................................................................ 467 Jurandi G. OLIVEIRA, Luis M.M. MORALES, Willian B. SILVA, Aroldo GOMES FILHO and Robert E. PAULL 23 Persimmon..................................................................................................................................... 495 C. Besada, A. Woolf and A. Salvador 24 Pineapple........................................................................................................................................ 513 Robert E. Paull and Nancy Jung Chen 25 Pomegranate.................................................................................................................................. 529 Mustafa Erkan and Adem Dogan 26 Rambutan and Longkong............................................................................................................. 551 Chalermchai Wongs-Aree and Sompoch Noichinda 27 Mangosteen.................................................................................................................................... 589 Sompoch Noichinda, Kitti Bodhipadma and Chalermchai Wongs-Aree 28 Amazon Fruit................................................................................................................................. 615 Joao P. Santos Neto, Deborah O. De Fusco, Patricia Maria Pinto, and Gustavo Henrique de Almeida Teixeira Section IV Vegetables and Tubers 29 Brassicas......................................................................................................................................... 631 Joaqui n H. Hasperue , Facundo Massolo, and Gustavo A. Marti nez 30 Cucurbits........................................................................................................................................ 661 Jamal Javanmardi and Mohammad Pessarakli 31 Potato Tuber.................................................................................................................................. 691 Dilson A. Bisognin, Arione da S. Pereira, and Sergio Tonetto de Freitas 32 Solanaceous Fruits......................................................................................................................... 705 Vicente A.R., Concellon A., Zaro M.J., and Ortiz C.M 33 Tropical Tuber Crops................................................................................................................... 719 Sanket J. More, V. Ravi, and Saravanan Raju Section V Processed Fruits and Vegetables 34 Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables..................................................................................................761 Amodio M.L., Cefola M., Pace B., and Colelli G. 35 Juice of Fruits and Vegetables..........................................................

Sergio Tonetto de Freitas is a researcher on Postharvest Physiology and Technology at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa. Before working at Embrapa, he was a PhD student in the Plant Biology Graduate Group, and latter a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Plant Science Department at the University of California, Davis. His PhD and Postdoctoral researches were focused on understanding the mechanisms regulating fruit susceptibility to calcium (Ca2+) deficiency disorders. Although these disorders have been studied for more than a hundred years, his PhD and Postdoctoral studies proved for the first time that fruit susceptibility to Ca2+ deficiency disorders is mainly regulated by mechanisms controlling cellular Ca2+ partitioning and distribution. He also has experience in biochemistry, plant molecular biology, laboratory techniques, statistic programs. He has received a total of five UCDavis awards, three Jastro Shields research award, one Joseph M. Ogawa research and teaching endowment award, and one Shapiro Family award for excellence in science. Dr. Sunil Pareek obtained Ph.D. in Horticulture (PHT) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, India. He joined Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India in 2005. Before moving as Associate Professor to National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana, India in 2015 he was at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India from 2005 to 2015. He is involved in teaching UG, PG and Ph.D. students with special focus on postharvest physiology, technology and processing of fruits. Dr. Pareek has published more than 40 papers, 40 presentations in National and International Seminars and Conferences, 6 books, 3 manuals, 6 technical bulletins, 40 popular articles, and several book chapters to his credit.