Tropical Agriculture special issue, Enhanced Preservation of Fruits using Nanotechnology : a Canadian International Food Security Research Fund Project

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2018-06

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The University of the West Indies

Abstract

Hexanal is a naturally occurring, six-carbon aldehyde formed from linoleic acid via the lipoxygenase pathway in plants. The plant-derived compound has been used to inhibit the phospholipase D enzyme in the skin of fruit and it is associated with the extension of shelf life of fruit. Whereas hexanal formulations have been extensively studied in temperate fruit and vegetables, this journal issue is dedicated to studies of hexanal as applied to tropical fruit preservation. When externally applied as pre-harvest spray, post-harvest dip, or vapour, oxidative degradation is decreased. Hexanal safely extends the shelf life of fruit, with potentially huge impacts on postharvest losses.

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This work was carried out with the aid of a grant from Canada’s International Development Research Centre (IDRC), and with financial support from the Government of Canada, provided through Global Affairs Canada (GAC)

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FRUIT CROPS, POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGY, POSTHARVEST LOSSES, FOOD STORAGE, NANOTECHNOLOGY, HEXANAL, FOOD PRESERVATION, SHELF LIFE, WOMEN FARMERS, GLOBAL SOUTH

Citation

Tropical Agriculture, 95, Special Issue 1, June 2018.

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