Climate Change Effects on Fruit Quality and Post-Harvest Management Practices

2015 ◽  
pp. 283-306
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Climate Change Effects

scholarly journals Effect of Harvest Date on Mango (Mangifera Indica L. Cultivar Osteen) Fruit’s Qualitative Development, Shelf Life and Consumer Acceptance

Agronomy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 811
Author(s):  
Giuseppe Gianguzzi ◽  
Vittorio Farina ◽  
Paolo Inglese ◽  
Maria Gloria Lobo Rodrigo
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Mangifera Indica ◽  
Storage Period ◽  
Environmental Parameters ◽  
Internal Quality ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Post Harvest ◽  
Full Flowering ◽  
Constant Quality ◽  
Definition Of

The qualitative characteristics of mango fruits change throughout their development process and are also influenced by their duration. Harvesting at different times after the fruit set affects external and internal quality and the post-harvest behavior and management possibilities of the fruits. The objective of this study was to assess the evolution of the most important physicochemical and organoleptic parameters of cv. Osteen fruits concern the length of their stay on the plant and also to their post-harvest management. For this reason, fruits were harvested progressively in ten pickings. The study showed that mango fruits that are kept on the tree reach the best quality traits, corresponding to their physiological maturation. The length of the storage period needed to reach the consumption point varies greatly according to the harvesting moment and to the different environmental parameters, which also affect the organoleptic and physicochemical quality of the fruits. The number of days after full flowering were confirmed to be the primary information to consider when planning harvest with commercial use of the fruit, but interesting indications can be acquired through the definition of non-destructive (hardness, color) or destructive (dry matter) parameters. The data collected help improve mango fruit′s post-harvest management practices, to provide a product with constant quality and homogeneity to the consumer.

Effects of management on soil organic carbon and structural stability in olive grove toposequences in Mediterranean areas.

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Manuel González-Rosado ◽  
Jesús Aguilera Huertas ◽  
Beatriz Lozano-García ◽  
Luis Parras-Alcántara
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Organic Carbon ◽  
Soil Organic Carbon ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Agricultural Soils ◽  
Conventional Tillage ◽  
Tillage Practices ◽  
Climate Change Effects ◽  
Combat Climate Change ◽  
Physical And Chemical

<p>Carbon sequestration in agricultural soils has been defined as a positive strategy to mitigate the climate change effects. To implement this strategy, it is necessary to reduce the soil physical disturbances that encourage its degradation. It is therefore essential to analyze the consequences that conventional tillage practices have on agrosystems as a first step towards developing sustainable management practices that are in line with strategies to combat climate change. In order to evaluate the conventional tillage impact in olive groves, a toposequence was carried out where three profiles of 50 cm depth each were opened in three topographical positions: summit, backslope and toeslope. The physical and chemical soil properties were analyzed, including soil organic carbon (SOC) and mean weight diameter (MWD) of the aggregates, which showed a plot scale low SOC levels and low MWD being subject to erosive processes which negatively impacts on its SOC storage capacity.</p>

PRE- AND POST-HARVEST MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT QUALITY, RIPENING AND SENESCENCE

2010 ◽  
pp. 55-68 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. Streif ◽  
D. Kittemann ◽  
D.A. Neuwald ◽  
R. McCormick ◽  
H. Xuan
Keyword(s):  
Fruit Quality ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Post Harvest

scholarly journals Effect of Elevated Temperature on Tomato Post-Harvest Properties

Plants ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. 2359
Author(s):  
Vera Thole ◽  
Philippe Vain ◽  
Cathie Martin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Elevated Temperature ◽  
Shelf Life ◽  
Fruit Quality ◽  
High Field ◽  
Storage Temperature ◽  
Tomato Fruit ◽  
Field Performance ◽  
Fleshy Fruit ◽  
Post Harvest

The fleshy fruit of tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) is a commodity used worldwide as a fresh or processed product. Like many crops, tomato plants and harvested fruits are susceptible to the onset of climate change. Temperature plays a key role in tomato fruit production and ripening, including softening, development of fruit colour, flavour and aroma. The combination of climate change and the drive to reduce carbon emission and energy consumption is likely to affect tomato post-harvest storage conditions. In this study, we investigated the effect of an elevated storage temperature on tomato shelf life and fungal susceptibility. A collection of 41 genotypes with low and high field performance at elevated temperature, including different growth, fruit and market types, was used to assess post-harvest performances. A temperature increase from 18–20 °C to 26 °C reduced average shelf life of fruit by 4 days ± 1 day and increased fungal susceptibility by 11% ± 5% across all genotypes. We identified tomato varieties that exhibit both favourable post-harvest fruit quality and high field performance at elevated temperature. This work contributes to efforts to enhance crop resilience by selecting for thermotolerance combined with traits suitable to maintain and improve fruit quality, shelf life and pathogen susceptibility under changing climate conditions.

Traditional maize post-harvest management practices amongst smallholder farmers in Guatemala

2017 ◽  
Vol 71 ◽  
pp. 14-21 ◽  
Author(s):  
J.R. Mendoza ◽  
L. Sabillón ◽  
W. Martinez ◽  
C. Campabadal ◽  
H.E. Hallen-Adams ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Management Practices ◽  
Smallholder Farmers ◽  
Harvest Management ◽  
Post Harvest
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