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You searched for: Journal name Acta horticulturae Remove constraint Journal name: Acta horticulturae Publication year rev 7982-2018 Remove constraint Publication year rev: 7982-2018 Publication Year 2018 Remove constraint Publication Year: 2018 Subject term fresh produce Remove constraint Subject term: fresh produce
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1. Discrete ex situ and continuous in situ real-time respiration rate measurements of fresh produce using a novel automated dynamic approach

Author:
E. R. Collings; M. C. Alamar; K. Cools; J. J. Ordaz-Ortiz; L. A. Terry
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 v. no.1194 pp. 1265-1272
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
air; automation; avocados; black pepper; carbon dioxide; cell respiration; containers; fresh produce; fruits; oxygen; research methods; respiratory quotient; storage conditions
Abstract:
... Fresh produce respiration rate is a useful indicator of metabolic state often used in postharvest research to determine physiological differences between factors. Static (no flow) and dynamic (constant flow) measurements are two types of methods that exist for determining respiration rate in fresh produce. Implementation of an automated real-time respiration method, using a dynamic measurement, fo ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1194.179

2. Horticultural packaging systems of the future: improving reefer container usage

Author:
T. M. Berry; T. Defraeye; A. Ambaw; C. Coetzee; U. L. Opara
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 v. no.1201 pp. 221-228
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
air flow; carbon; containers; cooling; cooling systems; emissions; freight; fresh produce; heat transfer; horticulture; packaging; pallets; pome fruits; postharvest losses; refrigeration; systems engineering; world markets
Abstract:
... Large quantities of fresh produce, such as pome fruit, are exported every year to international markets across the world using refrigerated freight containers (RFC). However, the current packaging systems typically employs 1.2×1.0 m pallets, which leave about 10% of the RFC unused. The introduction of an improved packaging system that better utilises RFC volume and improves the cooling efficiency ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1201.30

3. Hot water treatment after harvest preserves nutritional quality of spinach during storage

Author:
M. Glowacz; J. Reade; J. Monaghan; L. Mogren
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 no.1209 pp. 123-128
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
antioxidants; ascorbic acid; carotenoids; flavonoids; fresh produce; high performance liquid chromatography; hot water treatment; human nutrition; leaves; nutritive value; spinach; storage temperature
Abstract:
... The concentration of antioxidants in fresh produce is important in terms of human nutrition. The main antioxidants, found in relatively high concentrations in leafy vegetables, are ascorbic acid (AsA), carotenoids and flavonoids. There is an increasing interest in finding ways to improve the nutritional quality of vegetables by increasing or maintaining antioxidant content during storage. This stu ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1209.18

4. Importance of seed quality for the fresh cut chain

Author:
L. C. Deleuran; M. H. Olesen; N. Shetty; R. Gislum; B. Boelt
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 no.1209 pp. 35-40
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis; cultivars; environmental factors; fresh produce; leaves; multispectral imagery; near-infrared spectroscopy; packaging; production technology; seed quality; seed testing; seeds; transportation; vegetable growing; viability; vigor; washing
Abstract:
... Seed is the most fundamental input in vegetable production on which the effectiveness of other inputs and outputs depends. If the seed is of poor quality, the use of other inputs is less successful and will occasionally be irrelevant. A definition of seed quality will depend upon the use for which the seed is intended. Viability, vigor, uniformity, purity and health of the seeds are quality parame ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1209.5

5. Storage quality alterations in rambutan fruit sprayed preharvest with calcium chloride (CaCl2)

Author:
C. Wongs-Aree; M. Buanong; P. Boonyaritthongchai; J. Promboon; T. Chaiyaporn; S. Tongtao
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 v. no.1213 pp. 275-280
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
aril; bacterial growth; bags; calcium chloride; color; flowering; fresh produce; fruit pulp; fruit set; fungal growth; inflorescences; polyethylene; preharvest treatment; prochloraz; rambutans; shelf life; storage temperature; tap water; titratable acidity; total soluble solids; trees
Abstract:
... The storage life of rambutan fruit, a unique tropical fruit, is mainly limited by skin/spintern browning generation and disease deterioration. Postharvest calcium chloride (CaCl(2)) treatments have been reported to be effective in maintaining quality in a range of fresh produce. In this study, developing rambutan fruit were sprayed with a solution of CaCl(2) and Prochloraz (an imidazole fungicide) ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1213.39

6. Survey conducted by a consumer organization for the presence of bacterial and viral pathogens on high risk fresh produce from the Belgian market

Author:
A. de Keuckelaere; L. Baert; A. Stals; M. de Vocht; D. Li; S. Delbeke; S. Lauryssen; L. Jacxsens; B. Sas; M. Uyttendaele
Source:
Acta horticulturae 2018 v. no.1209 pp. 459-466
ISSN:
0567-7572
Subject:
Campylobacter; Eruca vesicaria subsp. sativa; Escherichia coli O157; Norovirus; Salmonella; bacteriophages; basil; consumer attitudes; food safety; foodborne illness; fresh produce; fruits; genomics; green leafy vegetables; human health; hygiene; markets; microbiological quality; parsley; pathogens; quantitative polymerase chain reaction; reverse transcriptase polymerase chain reaction; risk; surveys; virion; Belgium
Abstract:
... Vegetables and fruits are recognised as an important vehicle of food-borne diseases, and because of increased numbers of food-borne outbreaks and alerts, consumer concern about the safety of these products has grown. A survey commissioned by the Belgian consumer organisation was undertaken in Belgium in collaboration with Ghent University (Belgium) in the framework of the EU FP7 Veg-i-Trade projec ...
DOI:
10.17660/ActaHortic.2018.1209.67