Avocado fruit quality management during the postharvest supply chain

dc.contributor.authorBrill, Malick
dc.contributor.authorSivakumar, Dharini
dc.contributor.authorThompson, A. Keith
dc.contributor.authorKorsten, Lise
dc.contributor.emaillise.korsten@up.ac.zaen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2015-06-22T11:27:15Z
dc.date.available2015-06-22T11:27:15Z
dc.date.issued2014-06
dc.description.abstractAvocados are a popular subtropical fruit of high economic importance, and the European Union is the biggest importer of the bulk of the fruit coming from countries such as South Africa, Chile, and Israel. The fruit is highly nutritious, being rich in vitamins A, B, C, minerals, potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron, and antioxidants. The biggest challenge is that the fruit is highly susceptible to qualitative and quantitative postharvest losses. Successful maintenance of avocado fruit quality during the supply chain depends on many aspects, including adequate orchard management practices, harvesting practices, packing operations, postharvest treatments, temperature management, transportation and storage conditions, and ripening at destination. Postharvest losses are mostly attributed to flesh softening, decay, physiological disorders, and improper temperature management. Management of the supply chain is solely done to provide the fruit with the most favorable conditions to extend storage life, and retain quality and nutritional attributes of the fruit. The focus of this review is therefore to study the findings that have emanated from research done to retain overall avocado fruit quality and to reduce postharvest losses during the supply chain through the adoption of appropriate and novel postharvest technologies.en_ZA
dc.description.embargo2015-06-30en_ZA
dc.description.librarianhb2015en_ZA
dc.description.sponsorshipPost-Harvest Innovation Programme (Fresh Produce Exporter Forum, South Africa, and Department of Science and Technology).en_ZA
dc.description.urihttp://www.tandfonline.com/loi/lfri20en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationMalick Bill, Dharini Sivakumar, A. Keith Thompson & Lise Korsten (2014) Avocado Fruit Quality Management during the Postharvest Supply Chain, Food Reviews International, 30:3169-202, DOI:10.1080/87559129.2014.907304en_ZA
dc.identifier.issn8755-9129 (print)
dc.identifier.issn1525-6103 (online)
dc.identifier.other10.1080/87559129.2014.907304
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2263/45636
dc.language.isoenen_ZA
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_ZA
dc.rights© Taylor & Francis Group, LLC. This is an electronic version of an article published in Food Reviews International, vol. 30, no. 3, pp. 169-202, 2014. doi : 10.1080/87559129.2014.907304. Food Reviews International is available online at : http://www.tandfonline.comloi/lfri20en_ZA
dc.subjectAtmosphere modificationen_ZA
dc.subjectFruit softeningen_ZA
dc.subjectPackagingen_ZA
dc.subjectPersea americanaen_ZA
dc.subjectPostharvest diseasesen_ZA
dc.titleAvocado fruit quality management during the postharvest supply chainen_ZA
dc.typePostprint Articleen_ZA

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