Peach is the most important temperate fruit crop worldwide in terms of production after
apple. However, a descending trend has been registered over the recent years in several …

Global food security for the increasing world population not only requires increased
sustainable production of food but a significant reduction in pre-and post-harvest waste. The …

This article provides an overview of preharvest factors that affect peach fruit quality
attributes. Improvement of peach fruit quality is impossible postharvest. Hence, optimum …

The development of precise and reliable near infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-based non-
destructive tools to assess physicochemical properties of fleshy fruit has been challenging. A …

The possibility of applying the hyperspectral imaging technique for prediction of some
physico-chemical and sensory indices of table grapes was checked. Seven cultivars were …

Peach production in the USA has been in decline in recent decades due to poor fruit quality,
reduced consumption and increased cost of production. Productivity and fruit quality can …

Texture of apple fruit originates from anatomic traits related to cell wall architecture and is
one of its most important quality characteristics, thus there is the desire to better understand …

The domestication of wild-growing plants, including cultivation and fertilization protocols, is
able to alleviate the ecological risks posed by the uncontrolled harvesting of range-restricted …

Sweet cherry (Prunus avium L.) is a highly valued fruit, whose quality can be evaluated
using several objective methodologies, such as calibre, colour, texture, soluble solids …

Pear (Pyrus communis L.) storage protocols are changing in the last years as new storage
technologies have been emerged. Since the discovery of 1-MCP and the development of the …