Biosafety of Hexanal
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2015
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This annex reviews details of the biosafety features of hexanal. Hexanal has successfully been used on fruit crops and incorporated into several delivery technologies. The data have unequivocally demonstrated that hexanal and its formulations have produced no ill effects. Orchards in which hexanal spray was used had no adverse impacts on honey bees, soil microbes, earthworms or natural enemies. One of the major pests, the fruit fly, has been deterred by the formulation. Hexanal is chemically hexanaldehyde, a six-carbon compound, naturally produced by plants in trace quantities. When the plants are wounded or cut, there is a grassy odour which is chemically referred as “hexanal.”
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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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POSTHARVEST HANDLING, NANOTECHNOLOGY, POSTHARVEST LOSSES, FOOD PRESERVATION, HEXANAL, FRUIT CROPS, SHELF LIFE, GLOBAL SOUTH, BIOSAFETY, GREEN TECHNOLOGY, FOOD STORAGE, FOOD INDUSTRY, PRESERVATIVES, FRUITS, AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION, ECOSYSTEMS, CANADA, INDIA, GLOBAL