Postharvest Handling of Kiwi Fruit

Postharvest Handling of Kiwi Fruit

The authors analyze the main factors affecting quality preservation during post-harvest handling of kiwifruit, including minimally processed products

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English
2025
SPE3, SL
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If post-harvest management is crucial in any crop, it is in kiwifruit. The success of this species is a strong demonstration of the importance of proper management of these factors.

It is a climacteric fruit that often reaches the consumer weeks or months after harvesting, in locations that may be far from the destination markets.

Maintaining adequate quality is only possible thanks to an integrated and precisely controlled system.

The authors, from Italy, one of the world's leading kiwifruit producers, analyze the critical aspects of managing this species, including harvesting at the optimal time, as well as controlling metabolism through the application of cold, the use of controlled atmospheres, and avoiding the effects of ethylene.

 

1. Introduction    
2. Defining and Measuring Kiwifruit Quality    
3. The Climacteric Ripening Process and Maturity Indices    
4. Optimal Storage and Ethylene Control    
5. Challenges in Storage: Physiological Disorders and Pathological Decay    
6. The Fresh-Cut Kiwifruit    6

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