TY - JOUR 
A1 - Pérez-Gago, María B.
AU - Palou, Lluís
T1 - Citrus
Y1 - 2020
UR - http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11939/7420
AB - Although citrus fruits are nonclimacteric and have a relatively long shelf life, they may experience important postharvest quality losses if they are not properly handled and stored. Major losses are caused by weight loss, physiological disorders, mainly associated to chilling injury, dehydration and physical rind damage, postharvest decay caused by filamentous fungi, and quarantine pests. Postharvest handling by the industry includes degreening with ethylene, conventional cold storage, application of commercial waxes, often amended with chemical fungicides, and in-transit cold treatments against quarantine fruit flies. Optimum storage conditions (2–13ºC and >90% RH) and duration (1–6 months) are quite variable depending on the citrus species and cultivar. Controlled and modified atmosphere technologies are not commercially used in packinghouses due to the general low tolerance of citrus fruits to low oxygen and/or high carbon dioxide. The development of natural edible coatings and alternative nonpolluting antifungal treatments is currently an active research field.
KW - Postharvest quality
KW - Quarantine treatments
KW - Commercial waxes
KW - Decay control alternatives
KW - Q02  Food processing and preservation
KW - H20  Plant diseases
KW - J10  Handling, transport, storage and protection of agricultural products
KW - Citrus
KW - Physiological disorders
KW - Postharvest diseases
KW - Degreening
KW - Cold storage
KW - Edible coatings
LA - en
PB - Elsevier
ER -