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T1 Chitosan and Other Edible Coatings for Fresh Fruit Postharvest Disease Control
A1 Leite de Souza, Evandro
A1 Ramos Berger, Lúcia R.
A1 Marín, Anna
A1 Pérez-Gago, María B.
A1 Palou, Lluís
A2 PalouLluís
K1 H20  Plant diseases
K1 J10  Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products
K1 Q01  Food science and technology
K1 Q02  Food processing and preservation
K1 Q04  Food composition
K1 Edible coatings
K1 Postharvest diseases
K1 Chitosan
K1 Postharvest technology
K1 Postharvest physiology
K1 Food quality
AB Edible coatings formulated with different materials can exert direct inhibitory effects on a variety of pathogens that cause important postharvest diseases of fruit. Additionally, edible coatings act as a barrier to water vapor, gases, and other solutes, modulating physiological aspects and eliciting resistance to pathogens in fruit. Altogether, these effects impact positively on quality, storability, and safety of fruit. The efficacy of edible coatings to control postharvest infections in fruit may be enhanced by incorporation of specific antimicrobials. Considering these aspects, this chapter focuses on the potential use of edible coatings formulated with chitosan or other edible coating materials containing salts, natural compounds, or antagonistic microorganisms, as technologies to control postharvest diseases in fruit. Information describing the development of dispersants capable of forming edible coatings, the structural characteristics and functionalities that enable them to coat fruit, as well as the effects (including their mode of action) of active coating materials on different postharvest pathogens observed in in vitro and in different fruit matrices are presented. Furthermore, the impact of coating materials on physiological and metabolic responses in fruit that may affect their postharvest stability will are described. Finally, we suggest future research advances and innovations needed to support the practical use and more efficient application of edible coatings to control postharvest diseases in fruit while maintaining their quality characteristics.
PB Taylor & Francis Group
SN 9781138630833
SN 9781315209180 (ebook)
YR 2020
FD 2020
LK http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7433
UL http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7433
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NO de Souza, E. L., Ramos Berger, L. R., Marín, A., Pérez-Gago, M. B., & Palou, L. (2020). Chitosan and other edible coatings for postharvest disease control. In: Palou, L., & Smilanick, J. L. (Eds.), Postharvest Pathology of Fresh Horticultural Produce, 677-711. CRC Press, Taylor and Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA.
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RD May 24, 2022