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Vegetable and Fruit Postharvest Physiology and Diseases
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Vegetable and Fruit Postharvest Physiology and Diseases

A special issue of Horticulturae (ISSN 2311-7524). This special issue belongs to the section "Plant Pathology and Disease Management (PPDM)".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2024 | Viewed by 9400

Special Issue Editors

Dr. Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė

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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Horticulture, Kaunas Street 30, 54333 Babtai, Lithuania
Interests: microgreens; lighting; light-emitting diodes; antioxidant; leafy greens; controlled environmental agriculture
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Dr. Neringa Rasiukeviciute

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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Institute of Horticulture, LT-54333 Babtai, Lithuania
Interests: horticultural plant diseases; plant protection; disease forecasting
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Dr. Alma Valiuskaite

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Lithuanian Research Centre for Agriculture and Forestry, Kedainiai, Lithuania
Interests: pathogens; pest management; phytopathology; microbiology; plant extracts

Special Issue Information

Dear Colleagues,

Vegetables and fruits are widely consumed worldwide, and are rich in health-promoting vitamins and mineral nutrients that protect the human immune system against various infectious and metabolic disorders. However, fresh vegetables are highly perishable products, and their quality is affected not only by growing conditions but also by postharvest handling and storage and microbiological safety. According to FAO, vegetables are one of the most wasted commodities. Approximately 33% of harvested vegetables are never consumed, owing to their naturally short shelf-life, leading to postharvest loss and waste. In this Special Issue, new scientific findings from studies investigating growing, handling and storage strategies for increasing postharvest performance of vegetables and fruits are most welcome.

Dr. Viktorija Vaštakaitė-Kairienė
Dr. Neringa Rasiukeviciute
Dr. Alma Valiuskaite
Guest Editors

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Keywords

  • postharvest loss assessment
  • postharvest practices
  • shelf-life
  • postharvest fungal diseases
  • microbiological safety

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Internal Quality Prediction Method of Damaged Korla Fragrant Pears during Storage
by Yang Liu, Xiyue Niu, Yurong Tang, Shiyuan Li, Haipeng Lan and Hao Niu
Horticulturae 2023, 9(6), 666; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9060666 - 04 Jun 2023
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To increase the commercial value of damaged fragrant pears and improve marketing competitiveness, this study explored the degree of damage degree and effects of storage time on the internal quality of fragrant pears during storage and predicted the internal quality of fragrant pears [...] Read more.
To increase the commercial value of damaged fragrant pears and improve marketing competitiveness, this study explored the degree of damage degree and effects of storage time on the internal quality of fragrant pears during storage and predicted the internal quality of fragrant pears using an adaptive neural fuzzy inference system (ANFIS). The internal quality prediction models of damaged fragrant pears during storage with eight membership functions were constructed, and the optimal model was chosen, allowing for accurate internal quality prediction of damaged fragrant pears. The research results demonstrated that the hardness and soluble solid content (SSC) of fragrant pears decrease as the storage time increases. Given the same storage time, the hardness and SSC of fragrant pears are negatively correlated to the degree of damage. The ANFIS modelling technique is feasible for predicting the internal quality of fragrant pears during storage. The best prediction performances for the hardness and SSC of fragrant pears, respectively, are displayed by the ANFIS using the input membership function of trimf (RMSE = 0.1362, R2 = 0.9752; RMSE = 0.0315, R2 = 0.9892). The findings of this study can be used to predict the storage quality of fruits. Full article
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Vegetable and Fruit Postharvest Physiology and Diseases)
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Antioxidant Capacity and Shelf Life of Radish Microgreens Affected by Growth Light and Cultivars
by Selma Mlinarić, Antonija Piškor, Anja Melnjak, Alma Mikuška, Martina Šrajer Gajdošik and Lidija Begović
Horticulturae 2023, 9(1), 76; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae9010076 - 06 Jan 2023
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Microgreens are young, immature vegetables that contain higher concentrations of active compounds compared to mature vegetables and seeds. Radish microgreens are a good source of antioxidants, phenolic compounds, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and anthocyanins. The production of microgreens is limited by their short shelf [...] Read more.
Microgreens are young, immature vegetables that contain higher concentrations of active compounds compared to mature vegetables and seeds. Radish microgreens are a good source of antioxidants, phenolic compounds, ascorbic acid, carotenoids, and anthocyanins. The production of microgreens is limited by their short shelf life due to higher dark respiration and accelerated senescence. The study was performed on three radish cultivars (Raphanus sativus L.): purple radish (cvP), red radish (cvR), and green radish (cvG). Radish microgreens were grown in chambers with controlled conditions (24 °C and a photoperiod of 16/8 h) under two types of artificial LED light (45 μmol m−2s−1): under white light (B:G:R) and a blue/red light combination (B:2R). The effect of the two types of light was examined on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th day after storage at a low temperature (+4 °C). The physiological status of the three cultivars of radish microgreens was examined by measuring the contents of total soluble phenolics, ascorbic acid, proteins, sugars, dry matter, anthocyanins, carotenoids, and chlorophyll as well as the total antioxidant activity. The results revealed that radish microgreens’ antioxidant capacity and phytochemical profile depend on the radish cultivar and on the type of LED light used for cultivation. It was shown that B:2R and red cultivar were most beneficial for the synthesis of most of the determined phytochemicals compared to B:G:R, or the purple and green cultivar, respectively. Storage at a low temperature in darkness slowed down most of the metabolic reactions during the first seven days, thus preserving most of the antioxidant activity. Full article
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Prevention and Control of Fusarium spp., the Causal Agents of Onion (Allium cepa) Basal Rot
by Ofir Degani, Elhanan Dimant, Asaf Gordani, Shaul Graph and Eliyahu Margalit
Horticulturae 2022, 8(11), 1071; https://doi.org/10.3390/horticulturae8111071 - 14 Nov 2022
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Fusarium basal rot disease (FBR) is considered a serious threat to commercial onion production in Israel and worldwide. Today, coping means applied in Israel against the disease have limited efficiency and include a four-year crop cycle and disinfecting the soil with metam sodium. [...] Read more.
Fusarium basal rot disease (FBR) is considered a serious threat to commercial onion production in Israel and worldwide. Today, coping means applied in Israel against the disease have limited efficiency and include a four-year crop cycle and disinfecting the soil with metam sodium. At the same time, agricultural tools (harrows, plows, etc.), contaminated equipment and workers facilitate spread of the disease to new growth areas, and the field disease incidence in Israel now reaches 8% of yields in heavily infected areas. Infected onions do not always show disease symptoms and the problem worsens if they arrive at storage facilities, especially since this pathogen genus produces known toxins. The current study aims at examining the potential of chemical control to reduce the damage caused by this disease. To this end, nine commercial fungicides were scanned in plate sensitivity assay against the main pathogens involved, Fusarium oxysporum f. sp. cepae and Fusarium acutatum. Several fungicides were found to be highly effective against the two pathogens, especially the mixtures Azoxystrobin + Difenoconazole, Fluopyram + Trifloxystrobin, or the Fluazinam compounds. Three selected preparations previously tested in seedlings were evaluated here in a full growing season. Prochloraz successfully protected the Orlando variety (white onion, Riverside cv.) and the Noam variety (red onion) at all growth stages against F. oxysporum f. sp. cepae. At the same time, this treatment was ineffective against F. acutatum in Noam cv. Another anti-fungal preparation, Fludioxonil + Sedaxen mixture, showed a wider range of effectiveness at the season’s end against the two Fusarium species tested in both onion cultivars. These results are an important step towards developing FBR control in commercial onion fields. Follow-up work is needed to optimize the pesticides’ concentrations and their application methods and to test them on a field scale. Interestingly, these pathogens were more aggressive towards the cultivar from which they were isolated: F. oxysporum f. sp. cepae to the red onion Noam cv. and F. acutatum to the white Orlando cv. Infecting the plants with both pathogens reduced disease symptoms in the white Orlando cv, suggesting antagonistic interactions in this onion genotype. Full article
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The below list represents only planned manuscripts. Some of these manuscripts have not been received by the Editorial Office yet. Papers submitted to MDPI journals are subject to peer-review.

Title: Antioxidant capacity of radish microgreens after storage: the influence of growth light
Authors: Selma Mlinarić; Antonija Piškor; Anja Melnjak; Alma Mikuška; Martina Šrajer Gajdošik; Lidija Begović
Affiliation: Department of Biology, University of Osijek Ulica cara Hadrijana 8/A Osijek, HR-31000 Osijek

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