Show threadSarah ArnoldJan 4, 2025

Is it that a bacterium colonises the inner surface and puts out volatiles? Is it a physiological change in the fruit tissue itself that puts out these volatiles?

What are the volatiles? And why is it only red peppers? Does the process - whatever it is - require a certain level of sugar only present in red peppers?
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#FruitPhysiology #PostHarvest #FruitMicrobiology

Journal of Experimental BotanyMay 1, 2024

Meet Fabrizio Costa, academic at the University of Trento, in Italy, and one of our handling editors. His research focuses on #fruit aging, plant #propagation, #gene mapping, post-harvest biology, #ethylene, and transcriptomics. 🍎🌿

#Botany #PlantGenetics #UniversityofTrento #Research #FruitRipening #PostHarvest #Ethylene #Transcriptomics #Italy

Alexander J. SteinOct 28, 2023
To avoid inadvertently exacerbating #postharvest losses, addressing #foodsecurity thru agriculture must ensure that low-resource #supplychains can handle increased #productivity. Improvements should consider constraints of different #vegetables & more: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2023.102416