Recent Advances in Quality Control Technology for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables

Fresh fruits and vegetables are rich in vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber, and bioactive compounds, making them highly nutritious. However, most of these nutrients will be lost during postharvest preservation and storage, especially under unsuitable storage conditions, which can cause chilling injury and disease, accelerating the loss of nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables. Therefore, extending the shelf life of fresh fruits and vegetables while maintaining overall quality remains a challenging task, which can be addressed from the perspective of postharvest physiology and technology, providing necessary knowledge for innovations and technologies to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables, maintain quality, and reduce losses and wastage. Therefore, the application of emerging technologies, including physical, chemical, and biological technologies, is currently a strategy to overcome these shortcomings, and many technologies have shown promising results and practices.
Thus, the purpose of this research topic is to report on the latest advances in maintaining the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables. We would like to invite authors to contribute original research articles, as well as review articles focused on the Recent Advances in Quality Control Technology for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables.

The topics of interest include:

• Impact of variety, harvest and storage conditions on the nutrients and bioactive compounds of fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Advanced preservation technologies applied to maintain nutrients and bioactive compounds, reduce losses and waste, and extend the storage life of fresh fruits and vegetables.
• Effect of emerging technology on the control of chilling injury and disease of fresh fruits and vegetables during postharvest storage.

Keywords: Postharvest fruits and vegetables, preservation, emerging technologies, quality changes, chilling resistance, disease resistance, fresh cut

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