List price   € 274   Buy this book   This title is available in ActaHort USB-drive or e-Acta format - not available in print Conveners   M.I. Cantwell, D.P.F. Almeida  Editors   M.I. Cantwell, D.P.F. Almeida  Publication date   30 June 2012  ISBN   978-90-66053-78-6  ISSN   0567-7572 (print)   2406-6168 (electronic)  Number of articles   183  Volumes   2  Place   Lisbon, Portugal  Online articles: IDENTIFICATION OF APPROPRIATE POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMALL SCALE HORTICULTURAL FARMERS AND MARKETERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA - PART 1. POSTHARVEST LOSSES AND QUALITY ASSESSMENTS (L. Kitinoja, H.Y. AlHassan) APPROPRIATE POSTHARVEST TECHNOLOGIES FOR SMALL SCALE HORTICULTURAL FARMERS AND MARKETERS IN SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA AND SOUTH ASIA - PART 2. FIELD TRIAL RESULTS AND IDENTIFICATION OF RESEARCH NEEDS FOR SELECTED CROPS (S. Saran , S.K. Roy, L. Kitinoja) EFFECTS OF MECHANICAL HARVESTING AND AN ABSCISSION AGENT ON PEEL INTEGRITY AND POSTHARVEST DECAY OF LATE-SEASON 'VALENCIA' (L. Pozo, I. Kostenyuk, J.K. Burns , T.M. Spann) DEVELOPMENT OF POSTHARVEST HANDLING TECHNOLOGY IN MALAYSIA AND ITS IMPACT ON THE HORTICULTURAL INDUSTRY (H. Abdullah, M. Razali , M.A. Rohaya ) AÇAÍ HANDLING AND PROCESSING TEMPERATURES AND EFFECTS ON ANTHOCYANIN CONCENTRATIONS (J.D.C. Pessoa) ACCEPTABLE COOLING DELAYS FOR SELECTED WARM SEASON VEGETABLES AND MELONS (M.I. Cantwell , A. Thangaiah) POSTHARVEST LOSS REDUCTION OF 'MST32/1' COOKING TOMATOES PRODUCED BY SMALL FARMERS IN MAURITIUS (C.F.H. Bishop, I. Ramma) COLD CHAIN STRATEGY FOR SERBIA (Z.S. Ilić, P. Vukosavljević , V. Zarić) EVALUATION OF FOUR PALLET COMPATIBLE BOXES DEVELOPED FOR MECHANICAL PROTECTION, MIXED LOADS AND FOR THE DISPLAY OF FRUITS AND VEGETABLES IN BRAZILIAN MARKETS (R.F.A. Luengo , V.M.T. de Freitas, A.G. Calbo , F.C.A.U. Matsuura) EVALUATION OF A BOX TRANSPORTER AS A HARVEST AID FOR SOME FRUIT AND VEGETABLES IN BRAZIL (R.F.A. Luengo, A.G. Calbo, V.M.T. de Freitas, F.C.A.U. Matsuura) EVALUATION OF FRUIT WASTAGE IN PORTUGUESE HOMES (M. Martins, J. Sampaio , A. Rocha) NON-DESTRUCTIVE PGR DETECTION IN KIWIFRUIT (M. Ritota, S. Marconi, S. Cozzolino, A. Taglienti, L. Leita, P. Sequi , M. Valentini, G. Ceredi) APPLICATION OF PHOTOACOUSTIC SPECTROSCOPY IN MONITORING EMISSION OF C2H4 AND CO2 IN PASSION FRUIT STORED UNDER DIFFERENT ATMOSPHERES (S.F. Corrêa, J.G. Oliveira, W.C. Santos, A.F. Souza, H. Vargas , M.G. Silva, A. Miklos) ACOUSTIC IMPULSE METHOD CANNOT DETERMINE NECTARINE FRUIT QUALITY (G. Fruk , T. Jemric) NON-INVASIVE ESTIMATION OF FIRMNESS IN APPLE FRUIT USING VIS/NIR SPECTROSCOPY (M. Martínez, D. Wulfsohn , T. Toldam-Andersen) IMAGE ANALYSIS FOR CHARACTERISING FRENCH BEAN (PHASEOLUS VULGARIS L.) PODS (C. Torres, A. Clément, E. Frison, E. Auperpin, P. Parmentier, A. Feutry) FOODSTUFF QUALITY EVALUATION BY MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING SPECTROSCOPY (M. Ritota, C. Cafiero, S. Cozzolino, L. Leita, P. Sequi , M. Valentini) CHLOROPHYLL A FLUORESCENCE: A FAST AND LOW-COST TOOL TO DETECT SUPERFICIAL SCALD IN 'ROCHA' PEAR (PYRUS COMMUNIS L. 'ROCHA')? (I. Gardé, M.D. Antunes, J. Marques da Silva, R. Guerra, A.M. Cavaco) QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF CUT SURFACES OF BRASSICAS BY MEANS OF FRACTAL TEXTURE FOURIER IMAGE ANALYSIS (J. Mir-Bel, J. Barriobero , R. López) RAPID CHARACTERIZATION OF APRICOT FRUIT QUALITY USING NEAR AND MID-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY: STUDY OF THE MODEL ROBUSTNESS (S. Bureau, M. Reich , C.M.G.C. Renard, D. Ruiz , J.M. Audergon) NIR CASE DEVICE USE IN A PACKING HOUSE AND THE PREDICTION OF POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF 'ROCHA' PEAR AND 'GALA' APPLE (M.L. Carvalho, D.P.F. Almeida , J. Cardoso , P. Santos , D. Fialho, C.M. Oliveira) THE CHANGES OF ETHANOLIC FERMENTATION IN BELL PEPPER FRUIT DURING INDUCTION AND RECOVERY FROM LOW OXYGEN CONDITIONS (Y. Imahori, M. Kota , H. Tanaka) EFFECT OF A SHORT-TERM CO2 TREATMENT ON RIPENING AND QUALITY OF EUROPEAN PLUM (PRUNUS DOMESTICA) DURING AMBIENT AIR STORAGE (R. Wang, H. Xuan, R. McCormick , J. Streif) EFFECT OF HIGH CARBON DIOXIDE TREATMENT ON STORED 'DEGLET NOUR' DATE FRUIT QUALITY (J. Ben Abda , R. Jarraya, J. Vilella-Espla, J. Pérez-Alvarez, M.A. del Río) EFFECT OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (MAP) WITH INCREASED LEVELS OF O2 ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF IRANIAN 'SHAHROODI' TABLE GRAPE (A. Mosayyebzadeh, Y. Mostofi, Z.E. Jomeh, M.J. Nikkhah, H.S. Hajizadeh) POSTHARVEST DECAY DEVELOPMENT ON GUAVA STORED UNDER SEVERAL CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE CONDITIONS (G.H.A. Teixeira, J.F. Durigan, L.O. Santos , F.O. Ogassavara) EFFECT OF MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE STORAGE ON THE POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF CARAMBOLA FRUITS (P. Boonyaritthongchai, S. Kanlayanarat) INVESTIGATION OF SUGAR AND OXALIC ACID CONCENTRATIONS IN BAMBOO SHOOTS DURING STORAGE IN MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (M. Thammawong, D. Nei, P. Roy, N. Nakamura , T. Shiina, Y. Inoue, H. Hamachi, S. Nonaka) RESPONSE OF NEW APPLE CULTIVARS TO DIFFERENT ULO STORAGE CONDITIONS (J. Blažek , I. Pištěková) STORABILITY OF 'ALGERIE' AND 'GOLDEN NUGGET' LOQUATS IN MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING (A. Palma, D. Mura , S. D'Aquino, G. Continella , A. Continella) GOLD NANOPARTICLES AND SENSOR TECHNOLOGY FOR SENSITIVE ETHYLENE DETECTION (M.M. Blanke, R. Shekarriz) COMMERCIAL APPLE CA STORAGE TEMPERATURE REGIMES WITH 1-MCP (SMARTFRESHTM): BENEFITS AND RISKS (R. McCormick, D.A. Neuwald , J. Streif) 1-MCP PROLONGS THE SHELF-LIFE AND CHANGES THE AROMA PROFILE OF GUAVA (PSIDIUM GUAJAVA L.) FRUIT (J. Harb , N. Hasan) INFLUENCE OF 1-MCP AND COLD STORAGE ON THE LYCOPENE CONTENT OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED 'PALUMA' AND 'PEDRO SATO' GUAVAS (C.A.W. Andrade, P.M. Pinto , A.P. Jacomino) EFFECT OF 1-MCP AND TEMPERATURE ON 'SONGOLD' PLUM POSTHARVEST QUALITY: (1) AFTER REFRIGERATION (C.M. Pintado, M. Lozano, B. Velardo , R. Tabla, E. Dupille, M.C. Ayuso , M.J. Bernalte) EFFECT OF 1-MCP AND TEMPERATURE ON 'SONGOLD' PLUM POSTHARVEST QUALITY (2) AFTER SHELF-LIFE (B. Velardo, M. Lozano, E. Dupille, C.M. Pintado, R. Masegosa, M.F. Fernández-León) USE OF 1-MCP FOR KEEPING POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF 'EKMEK' QUINCE FRUIT (N.T. Gunes , H. Dumanoglu, E.S. Poyrazoglu) INFLUENCE OF MATURITY STAGE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF 1-MCP TREATMENT OF 'HAYWARD' KIWIFRUITS DURING STORAGE (R. Rinaldi, M.L. Amodio , G. Colelli) REDUCED RISK CONTROL OPTIONS FOR APPLE POSTHARVEST DISEASES IN LONG-TERM STORAGES (D. Errampalli , L.I. Wainman, J.R. DeEll) CROSS-TOLERANCE AND ANTIOXIDANT METABOLISM AS DETERMINANTS OF THE RESISTANCE OF APPLE FRUIT TO POSTHARVEST BOTRYTIS DECAY (B.T.A. Tuyet, T. Vanwalleghem, B. Vorstemans, P. Creemers, M. Hertog, B. Nicolaï, J. Keulemans, M.W. Davey) DEVELOPMENT OF A PRACTICAL METHOD TO EVALUATE THE EFFICACY OF POTASSIUM SORBATE AS A GERMINATION INHIBITOR OF PENICILLIUM DIGITATUM CONIDIA FOR POTENTIAL USE IN THE CITRUS SUPPLY CHAIN (S. Potton , J. Cullum) CHARACTERIZATION OF AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS, A PROMISING BIOCONTROL AGENT FOR POSTHARVEST DISEASES (C. Sánchez , M. Graça Barreiro, M.M. Ferreira-Pinto) EFFICACY OF A COMBINATION QUARANTINE TREATMENT AT 3°C AS A POTENTIAL DISINFESTATION TREATMENT FOR QUEENSLAND FRUIT FLY (BACTROCERA TRYONI (FROGGATT)) IN CHERRY FRUIT (J.B. Golding, A. Jessup, L. Spohr, D. Daniels, S. Satyan , P. Pristijono, W.B. McGlasson, J. Jacas) ANTAGONIST ACTIVITY BETWEEN AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM IN PYRUS COMMUNIS L. 'ROCHA' - IMPLICATIONS ON THE RESISTANCE TO OXIDATIVE STRESS (F.J.C. Lidon, J.C. Ramalho, J.D. Arrabaça, I.P. Pais, C.S. Carvalho, M. Santos , M.G. Barreiro) UV-C RADIATION AFFECTS GRAY MOLD DECAY IN CITRUS (T. Kuniga, F. Takishita , H. Nesumi, N. Nakajima) REGIONAL STUDIES OF PATHOGENS DEVELOPMENT ON STORED TOMATO CULTIVARS IN THE MIDDLE EAST (EGYPT, JORDAN, PALESTINE AND ISRAEL) (M. Qaryouti, O. Nijdawi, A. Al-Abed, Z. Naser, M. Abdel Wali, A. Musalam, M. Rawashdeh, SH. Arabiat , E. Shnikat, A. Mohammad , R. Basheer-Salimia, H. Allam, S. Farag , S. Zakaria, E. Fallik, I. Prigojin, SH. Alkalai-Tuvia, Y. Perzelan , Z. Aharon) SHORT CO2 EXPOSURE FOR INHIBITION OF POSTHARVEST GREY MOULD OF POMEGRANATE FRUIT (C. Montesinos-Herrero, V. Taberner, A. Guardado, M.A. del Río , L. Palou) LOW TEMPERATURE DELAYS THE INDUCTION OF CHITINASE ISOENZYMES ASSOCIATED WITH ANTIFUNGAL ACTIVITY (O. Goñi, M.T. Sanchez-Ballesta, C. Merodio , M.I. Escribano) EFFECT OF CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE GASES (CO2, O2 AND ETHYLENE) ON GROWTH AND SURVIVAL OF AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS (D. Martínez-Romero, P. Ramos, M. Santos , M.G. Barreiro, M.M. Ferreira-Pinto) ANTAGONIST ACTIVITY BETWEEN AUREOBASIDIUM PULLULANS AND PENICILLIUM EXPANSUM IN PYRUS COMMUNIS L. 'ROCHA' - IMPLICATIONS ON THE ANTIOXIDANT DEFENCE SYSTEM (F.J.C. Lidon, J.C. Ramalho, I.P. Pais, C.S. Carvalho, A.P. Ramos , M.G. Barreiro) STUDY OF MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF 'AMBRUNÉS' SWEET CHERRY DURING POSTHARVEST STORAGE (M.J. Serradilla, A. Martín, A. Hernández, S. Ruiz-Moyano, R. Casquete, M. López-Corrales, M.G. Córdoba) EFFICACY OF ELECTROLYZED WATER TO INACTIVATE FOODBORNE PATHOGENS ON FRESH-CUT APPLES (A. Graça , C. Nunes, C. Quintas, M. Abadias , J. Usall, M. Salazar) COLD TREATMENT OF ARGENTINEAN MANDARINS AGAINST MEDITERRANEAN FRUIT FLY (M. Cocco, G.E. Meier , D.E. Vázquez) APPLIED RESEARCH ON MILLIPEDE BANDEIRENICA CABOVERDUS (DIPLOPODA, ODONTOPYGIDAE) AND THE END OF QUARANTINE RESTRICTIONS (B. Nascimento) EFFECT OF GA3 AND BA ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY AND VASE LIFE OF GERBERA CUT FLOWERS (E. Danaee , V. Abdossi, Y. Mostofi, P. Moradi) ROLE OF SOLUBLE CARBOHYDRATES ON LONGEVITY OF CUT ROSE (ROSA HYBRID L. 'ELDORADO' AND 'BLACK MAGIC') FLOWERS (A. Nabigol) SHELF-LIFE OF ANTHURIUM CUT FLOWERS: EVALUATION CRITERIA (F.L. Cuquel, S.W. Polack) EFFECTS OF CARBON DIOXIDE ENRICHED ATMOSPHERES ON THE POSTHARVEST CONTROL OF BOTRYTIS ROT OF 'DUETT' CUT ROSES (S.O. Tshwenyane, F.J. Cullum, C.F.H. Bishop , A.F.J. Gash) EFFECT OF ETHANOL ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF TWO CARNATION CULTIVARS (S. Jiménez, M. Moreno, A. Ebrahim-Zadeh, B.M. Plaza, M.M. Verdejo , M.T. Lao ) QUALITY MANAGEMENT OF CUT CARNATION FLOWERS WITH LONG-TERM SUCROSE TREATMENT (S. Fukai, Y. Kubota, M. Seno, P. Yangkhamman, T. Narumi , T. Takamura) EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PULSE TREATMENTS ON VASE LIFE OF INFLORESCENCES OF ONCIDIUM VARICOSUM 'SAMURAI' (C.F.M. Mattiuz , B.H. Mattiuz, J. Pietro , T.J.D. Rodrigues) USE OF NATURAL PRODUCTS FOR POST-HARVEST PRESERVATION OF 'VEGA' CUT ROSES (J. de Pietro, B.H. Mattiuz , T.J.D. Rodrigues, C.F.M. Mattiuz) STUDIES ON CUT-FLOWER SELECTIONS OF SPIRAEA AND LANDSCAPE USE (J. Li, Q.X. Zhang) EFFECT OF SOME CHEMICAL TREATMENTS ON VASE LIFE AND QUALITATIVE FACTORS OF 'ODESSA' AND 'SACRAMENTO' ALSTROEMERIA (B. Hokmabadi , S. Kalatejari, Y. Mostofi) APPLICATION OF HUMIC AND FULVIC ACIDS IN NUTRIENT SOLUTION AFFECTS POSTHARVEST CHARACTERISTICS OF GERBERA JAMESONNII L. (A. Nikbakht, N. Etemadi , B. Yazadni, M.M. Majdi) OPTIMIZING THE VASE LIFE OF CUT LISIANTHUS (EUSTOMA GRANDIFLORUM) (M. Kiamohammadi, A. Golchin, D. Hashemabadi) EFFECT OF IRRIGATION PRACTICES ON THE QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT LETTUCE (A. Martínez-Sánchez, C. Luna, J.A. Tudela, L. De Vogelaere, L. Tiebergijn, A. Allende , M.I. Gil) EFFECT OF EDIBLE COATING AND MODIFIED ATMOSPHERE PACKAGING ON ENZYMATIC BROWNING OF FRESH-CUT APPLE (C. Ghidelli, E. Sanchís, C. Rojas-Argudo, M.A. del Río , M.B. Pérez-Gago, M. Mateos) INFLUENCE OF PACKAGING ON LOSS OF AROMA AND QUALITY OF DICED RED ONIONS (C.F. Forney, M.A. Jordan, Lihua Fan , C. Doucette, R. Grant ) HIGH PRESSURE PROCESSING OR CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE FOLLOWING DIFFERENT PRETREATMENTS AFFECT FRESH-CUT NECTARINE QUALITY (C.J. Miguel-Pintado, F. Cañada-Cañada, A.M. Fernández-León, S. Nogales, M. Lozano, T. Hernández , R. Ramírez) PHYSICAL AND SENSORY CHARACTERIZATION OF EDIBLE COATINGS APPLIED TO MINIMALLY PROCESSED PERSIMMON (A.C.V. Neves Junior , R.C.C. Coneglian, A.G. Soares, D.G.C. Freitas, M.J.O. Fonseca, F.R. Barreira , A.F.M. de Miranda) DETERMINATION OF TIME EXPOSURE TO ETHANOL TO REDUCE ASTRINGENCY OF PERSIMMON 'MIKADO' (DIOSPYROS KAKI) FOR MINIMAL PROCESSING (A.C.V. Neves Junior , R.C.C. Coneglian, A.G. Soares, M.J.O. Fonseca , C.A. Alencar) EFFECT OF MATURITY STAGE AND ANTIOXIDANT TYPE ON THE CONTROL OF ENZYMATIC BROWNING OF FRESH-CUT PERSIMMON 'ROJO BRILLANTE' (E. Sanchís, C. Ghidelli, C. Rojas-Argudo, M.A. del Río , M.B. Pérez-Gago, M. Mateos) THE DETECTION AND POPULATION DYNAMICS OF MICROBIAL GROWTH IN COMMERCIAL ORANGE JUICES IN CHINA (C.-Y. Liu, X.-H. Yang, D.-Q. Guo, Q. Hu, Z.-Q. Zhou, B.-N. Jiao) EFFECTS OF SUPERATMOSPHERIC OXYGEN PRE-TREATMENT ON FRESH-CUT 'ROCHA' PEAR QUALITY (M. Abreu, C. Alegria, E.M. Gonçalves , J. Pinheiro, M. Moldão-Martins, J. Empis ) EVALUATION OF OZONATED WATER AS AN ALTERNATIVE TREATMENT TO CHLORINE IN FRESH-CUT 'ROCHA' PEAR PROCESSING (M. Abreu, C. Alegria, E.M. Gonçalves , J. Pinheiro, M. Moldão-Martins, J. Empis) POSTHARVEST STORAGE OF 'PONKAN', 'SATSUMA OKITUSU' AND 'FREMONT' TANGERINES AND THEIR MINIMALLY PROCESSED PRODUCTS USING REFRIGERATION AND CONTROLLED ATMOSPHERE (L.O. Santos, J.F. Durigan, R.N. Martins , M.F.B. Durigan, E.S. Stuchi) POLYPHENOLOXIDASE ACTIVITY AND TISSUE BROWNING IN FRESH-CUT 'ROCHA' PEAR AS AFFECTED BY PH AND PHENOLIC SUBSTRATE (M.H. Gomes, T. Vieira, J.F. Fundo, D.P.F. Almeida) ANTI-BROWNING TREATMENT OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED 'CONFERENCE' PEAR OF DIFFERENT MATURITY STAGES (J. Barriobero, B. Ozcoz, E. Róth, J. Mir-Bel, M. Mendiola , R. López) RESPIRATION RATES OF FRESH-CUT PEACH SLICES AS AFFECTED BY STORAGE PERIOD OF INTACT FRUIT (J. González-Buesa, A. Ferrer-Mairal, R. Oria , M.L. Salvador) WOUND-INDUCED RESPIRATION AND ETHYLENE PRODUCTION IN FRESH CUT ROMAINE LETTUCE (A.I. Deltsidis, P. Tsouvaltzis, J.K. Brecht) THE EFFECTS OF PIECE SIZE AND STORAGE TEMPERATURES ON MINIMALLY PROCESSED 'AURORA-1' PEACHES (R.N. Martins, B.H. Mattiuz, L.O. Santos, J.R. Donadon, C.F.M. Mattiuz) EFFECT OF SOME DIP TREATMENTS ON THE NUTRITIONAL PROPERTIES OF FRESH-CUT TOMATO AND PEPPER DURING STORAGE (M.D. Antunes, M.G. Miguel, A.M. Cavaco, V. Pantazis, S. Timianis, A.S. Siomos) INFLUENCE OF HIGH CO2 ATMOSPHERE COMPOSITION ON FRESH-CUT ARTICHOKE QUALITY ATTRIBUTES (M. la Zazzera, R. Rinaldi, M.L. Amodio , G. Colelli) DEGRADATION PATTERNS FOR EXTERNAL AND NUTRITIONAL QUALITY PARAMETERS OF FRESH-CUT 'CANTALOUPE' MELONS (M.L. Amodio, L. Dollo, R. Rinaldi , G. Colelli) CONSERVATION OF MINIMALLY PROCESSED SWISS CHARD, AMERICAN LETTUCE AND PURPLE LETTUCE IN DIFFERENT PACKAGING ALONE AND AS MIXED SALAD (M.A.G. Carnelossi, J.F. Souza, L.S. Soares, M.C. Furtado, I.A.O. Reis, K.H. Reboucas, R.M. Santos , A.A. Castro) EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING SHELF-LIFE AND QUALITY BIOMARKERS OF IMPORTED AVOCADO FRUIT (M. Donetti , L.A. Terry) EFFECT OF ELECTROLYSED WATER (ANOLYTE) DIPPING ON MICROBIAL, PHYSICOCHEMICAL AND SENSORIAL QUALITY OF DATE FRUIT (H. Bessi, H. Debbabi, K. Grissa , S. Bellagha) SHELF LIFE OF SOLANUM GILO FRUITS AFFECTED BY ETHYLENE AND O2 ABSORBERS (A.P.S. Ferreira, D.R. Carvalho, A.M. Mapeli, F.L. Finger) INFLUENCE OF HYDROTHERMAL TREATMENTS ON PAPAYA FRUIT (CARICA PAPAYA L.) (S.F. Corrêa, M.G. da Silva, T. Pereira, P.S.G. Almeida Jr. , H. Vargas, J.G. Oliveira , S.S. Berilli) EFFECT OF ETHANOL AND HOT WATER ON POSTHARVEST RIPENING OF PERSIMMON (A. Ramezanian) QUALITY OF CUSTARD APPLE (ANNONA SQUAMOSAL L.) IN RELATION TO PACKAGING AND STORAGE PERIOD (A.V.C. Silva, E.N. Muniz , J.H.A. Rangel , P. Yaguiu, J.P.B. Souza , M.A.G. Carnelossi) INVOLVEMENT OF ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY IN FLESH BROWNING OF ASTRINGENT PERSIMMON (C. Besada , A. Salvador, J.L. Vázquez-Gutiérrez, I. Hernando , I. Pérez-Munuera) EFFECT OF POSTHARVEST HOT AIR TREATMENTS ON RIPENING AND SOLUBLE SUGARS IN BANANA FRUITS, MUSA SPP. 'WILLIAMS' (J.L. Ambuko , Y. Sekozawa, S. Sugaya, G. Zanol , H. Gemma) POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOR OF PURPLE PASSION FRUIT IN XTEND® BAGS DURING LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE (R.O. Diaz, L. Moreno, R. Pinilla, W. Carrillo, L.M. Melgarejo , O. Martínez, J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, M.S. Hernández) POSTHARVEST LECITHIN APPLICATION IMPROVES STORABILITY OF 'PRIMOSOLE' POMEGRANATES (S. D'Aquino, M. Schirra, A. Gentile, E. Tribulato, S. La Malfa, A. Palma) D-MANNOHEPTULOSE: SPECIAL CARBOHYDRATE IN AVOCADO: PRESENCE POSTHARVEST AND COMMERCIAL IMPORTANCE (I. Bertling, S.Z. Tesfay, J.P. Bower , N.G. Mohammed Ahamed Ali) CHILLING INJURY IN AVOCADOS AND ITS PREVENTION WITH THERMAL TREATMENT (J.R. Donadon, J.F. Durigan, C.M.A. Morgado , M.F.B. Durigan) PRE-HARVEST CHEMICAL TREATMENTS AFFECT POST-HARVEST QUALITY OF LITCHI FRUIT (P. Alila , I. Achumi) CHANGES IN WATER STATUS IN 'CAMAROSA' STRAWBERRIES ASSOCIATED WITH STORAGE AT LOW TEMPERATURE AND HIGH CO2 (M. Blanch, M.T. Sanchez-Ballesta, M.I. Escribano , C. Merodio) DEFINING THE SUITABLE COLD STORAGE TEMPERATURE FOR 'KARAJ' PERSIMMON (O. Khademi, Z. Zamani, Y. Mostofi, J. Adib , A. Ahmadi) DIAGNOSIS OF FRUIT QUALITY AND MINERAL CONTENTS OF 'FUYU' PERSIMMON PRODUCED IN SOUTHERN BRAZIL (E.L. Souza, L.C. Argenta, C.V. Rombaldi, A.L.K. Souza, C.V.T. Amarante) EFFECTS OF STORAGE TEMPERATURE AND DURATION ON QUALITY OF UNSHELLED AND SHELLED ALMONDS (R. Cornacchia, M.L. Amodio , G. Colelli) POSTHARVEST CONSERVATION OF MATURE-GREEN AND RIPE 'PALUMA' GUAVA STORED AT TWO TEMPERATURES (C.M.A. Morgado, J.F. Durigan, M.F.B. Durigan , V.G. Lopes) NITRIC OXIDE-INDUCED ENHANCEMENT OF BANANA FRUIT ATTRIBUTES AND KEEPING QUALITY (G. Manjunatha, V. Lokesh , N. Bhagyalakshmi) INFLUENCE OF ORGANIC BEESWAX-BASED COATING EMULSION ON THE POST-STORAGE QUALITY OF SWEET PEPPER, MANGO, AND AVOCADO FRUIT (A. Bustan , J. Lahav) BIO-AVAILABLE SILICON FERTILIZATION EFFECTS ON STRAWBERRY SHELF-LIFE (E. Babini, S. Marconi, S. Cozzolino, M. Ritota, A. Taglienti, P. Sequi, M. Valentini) POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOR OF NATIVE PINEAPPLE FRUIT AND 'GOLDEN MD-2' (ANANAS COMOSUS) DURING LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE (L.N. Sánchez, C.A. Díaz , A.O. Herrera, M.D. Gómez López , J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, M.S. Hernández) DEVELOPMENT AND MAPPING OF MOLECULAR MARKERS FOR CANDIDATE GENES INVOLVED IN APPLE FRUIT TEXTURE (R. Dreesen , M.W. Davey, K. Peeters, N.-J. Van der Veken , J. Keulemans) EFFECTS OF BAGGING TWICE AND ROOM TEMPERATURE STORAGE ON QUALITY OF 'CUIGUAN' PEAR FRUIT (J. Lin, Z.H. Wang, X.G. Li , Y.H. Chang) CELL WALL MODIFICATIONS FOLLOWING COLD STORAGE OF CALCIUM-TREATED 'GOLDEN REINDERS' APPLES (A. Ortiz, J. Graell , I. Lara) SELECTION FOR IMPROVED FRUIT TEXTURE AND STORABILITY IN APPLE (H. Nybom, M. Ahmadi-Afzadi, L. Garkava-Gustavsson , J. Sehic, I. Tahir) ASSESSMENT OF BITTER PIT RISK IN 'GALA' APPLES BY FRUIT INFILTRATION WITH MAGNESIUM (C.V.T. Amarante, C.A. Steffens, P.R. Ernani, L.C. Argenta ) PREDICTING BITTER PIT IN 'GOLDEN SMOOTHEE' APPLES (E. Torres , S. Alegre) MATURITY INDEX AND COLD STORAGE EFFECTS ON POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF 'PACKHAM'S TRIUMPH' AND 'ROCHA' PEARS (L.R. Antoniolli , A.B.C. Czermainski) APPLE RIPENING DETERMINED BY CONVENTIONAL METHODS AND THE 'NSURE' GENETIC ASSAY (D.A. Neuwald , J. Streif) EXPLORING THE INVOLVEMENT OF ETHYLENE IN THE REGULATION OF COLOR CHANGES IN CITRUS FRUIT (L. Carmona, M.J. Rodrigo , L. Zacarías ) DEGREENING OF 'SATSUMA OKITSU' TANGERINE (L.O. Santos, J.F. Durigan, R.N. Martins, M.F.B. Durigan, E.S. Stuchi) ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY AND VITAMIN C ARE NOT AFFECTED BY DEGREENING TREATMENT OF CLEMENTINE MANDARINS (S. Sdiri, P. Navarro, J. Ben Abda, A. Monterde , A. Salvador) PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF PERSIAN LIME FRUIT HARVESTED AT TWO STAGES OF MATURITY (M.C.S. dos Anjos, T.L. Faskomy, A.M. Miranda, A.C. Gonçalves, C.A. Rego, A.G. Soares , M.J.O. Fonseca) THE POTENTIAL OF HOT WATER AND MOLYBDENUM DIPS TO INDUCE A SYNERGISTIC SUGAR-ASCORBIC ACID INTERACTION IN LEMON RIND DURING COLD STORAGE (J.P. Bower, N. Mathaba , I. Bertling) ABSCISIC ACID MODULATES MANGO FRUIT RIPENING (S.S. Zaharah , Z. Singh) EFFECT OF POST-HARVEST DISTRIBUTION ENVIRONMENT ON QUALITY DETERIORATION OF MANGO FRUITS (E. Yasunaga, V. Sardsud , P. Wanwarang, K. Yuge, W. Spreer, S. Fukuda) ROLE OF BRASSINOSTEROIDS IN MANGO FRUIT RIPENING (S.S. Zaharah , Z. Singh) MASS ESTIMATION OF MANGOES BY PROCESSING OF WHITE BACKGROUND GRAYSCALE IMAGES (M.E.R.M. Cavalcanti Mata , M.E.M. Duarte, F.F. Borges , I.L. Barbacena) AN ADAPTIVE THRESHOLD LEVEL FOR SEGMENTATION OF GRAYSCALE IMAGES USING IMAGE PROCESSING TO SORT MANGOES BY WEIGHT ESTIMATION (M.E.R.M. Cavalcanti Mata , M.E.M. Duarte, F.F. Borges , I.L. Barbacena) AROMA VOLATILES DURING WHOLE MELON RIPENING IN A CLIMACTERIC NEAR-ISOGENIC LINE AND ITS INBRED NON-CLIMACTERIC PARENTS (J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, M. Fernández-Talavera, M. Ruiz-León, M.J. Roca , N. Dos-Santos) LYSOPHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE EFFECTS UPON VOLATILES AND QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT CANTALOUPE MELON (A.L. Amaro, J.F. Fundo, J.C. Beaulieu, R.E. Stein, J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, D.P.F. Almeida) NON-ENZYMATIC ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF SKIN AND FLESH OF NEAR-ISOGENIC LINES OF MELON IS LINKED TO POSTHARVEST BEHAVIOR (Y. Piñeros, J.P. Fernández-Trujillo) QUALITY ORIENTED BREEDING USING SENSORY ATTRIBUTES IN MELON: THE CASE OF CLIMACTERIC AND NON-CLIMACTERIC NEAR-ISOGENIC LINES OBTAINED FROM NON-CLIMACTERIC PARENTS (J.P. Fernández-Trujillo, M.C. Bueso, M.S. Hernández) POSTHARVEST CHANGE IN COMPOSITIONAL, VISUAL AND TEXTURAL QUALITY OF GRAFTED WATERMELON CULTIVARS (M.C. Kyriacou , G.A. Soteriou ) FRUIT COLOUR, SIZE AND TEMPERATURE AFFECT THE SHELF LIFE OF SWEET CHERRY (N. Puniran, D.C. Close, S.A. Bound , R. Corkrey, M.D. Whiting) TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF THE DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF 1-MCP ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF CHILLING INJURY IN PEACHES HARVESTED AT EARLY AND LATE MATURITIES (A.N. Jajo, W.B. McGlasson, P. Holford , M.R. Jones, J.B. Golding, C. Bonghi, F. Ziliotto , A. Rasori, P. Tonutti ) EFFECT OF COLD STORAGE DURATION ON SHELF QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF 'BING' AND FIVE SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS DEVELOPED IN THE SUMMERLAND BREEDING PROGRAM (P.M.A. Toivonen , F. Kappel ) METABOLOMICS APPROACH TO STUDYING MINIMALLY PROCESSED PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA) FRUIT (R. Tosetti, F. Martinelli , P. Tonutti, D.K. Barupal ) POSTHARVEST PERFORMANCE OF PEACH AND NECTARINE GRAFTED ON SEVEN ROOTSTOCKS (J. Castro, C. Sotomayor , T. Jackson) EFFECT OF DIFFERENT STORAGE CONDITIONS ON NUTRITIONAL AND QUALITY PARAMETERS OF 'SWEETHEART' CHERRY (V. Palma, A.C. Agulheiro-Santos, G. Machado, A.E. Rato , M.J. Cabrita, M. Lozano , D. Gónzález) SUTURE SOFTENING AND SUGAR METABOLISM IN PEACH (PRUNUS PERSICA L. BATCH 'OKUBO') (Z. Liu, H. Ma , X. Jia) PACKAGING TO PRESERVE ''AURORA-1' PEACHES FROM TWO MATURITY STAGES (L.C. Cunha Junior , B.H. Mattiuz, C.F.M. Mattiuz) INFLUENCE OF CELL WALL CALCIUM CONTENT IN FRUIT FIRMNESS DURING THE RIPENING OF PLUMS (PRUNUS DOMESTICA L.) (A.E. Rato, C. Nunes, A.C. Agulheiro-Santos, J.M. Barroso, F. Riquelme, M.A. Coimbra) SKIN COLOUR CHANGES IN FRUITS OF TWO SWEET CHERRY CULTIVARS, ITS HETEROGENEITY AND RELATIONSHIP WITH QUALITY INDICES (A. Yommi, V. Fernandez, N. Guerra, G. Cendoya , V. Quillehauquy) CHANGES IN THE CHEMICAL COMPOSITION OF SEVERAL PEACH CULTIVARS (PRUNUS PERSICA L.) DURING COLD STORAGE (J. Cano , L. López, G. Echeverría) RADIATION, YIELD, AND FRUIT QUALITY OF 'GALA' APPLES GROWN UNDER WHITE HAIL PROTECTION NETS (C.V.T. Amarante , C.A. Steffens, L.C. Argenta) INFLUENCE OF VOLATILE COMPOUND EMISSIONS AND STANDARD QUALITY ON CONSUMER ACCEPTANCE OF PEACHES AND NECTARINES (G. Echeverría, J. Cano, L. López, G. Alins) EFFECTS OF PRE-STORAGE AT 20°C ON THE STANDARD, SENSORY AND AROMA QUALITY OF 'BIG TOP®' NECTARINES (L. López, J. Cano, G. Echeverría, G. Alins) PRE-STORAGE CONDITIONING OF NON-MELTING FLESH PEACHES USING DIRECTED HEAT STRESS ALONE OR COMBINED WITH 1-METHYLCYCLOPROPENE TO MAINTAIN FRUIT QUALITY DURING POSTHARVEST HANDLING (M.S. Kao, J.K. Brecht , D.J. Huber) WATERCORE DISSIPATION IN 'FUJI' APPLES BY POSTHARVEST TEMPERATURE CONDITIONING TREATMENTS (D.A. Neuwald, D. Kittemann , J. Streif, C.A.W. Andrade) EFFECT OF COLD ACCLIMATION TREATMENT AND EXOGENOUS ETHYLENE TREATMENT ON WOOLLINESS RELATED ENZYMES ON 'OKUBO' PEACH FRUITS DURING LOW TEMPERATURE STORAGE (Y.X. Li, G.X. Wang, L.S. Liang) CELL WALL CHARACTERISATION OF CRACKING-AFFECTED 'SNOW QUEEN' NECTARINES (A. Ortiz, G. Seymour, G. Tucker, I. Lara) FRUIT QUALITY, COLOUR DEVELOPMENT AND INDEX OF ABSORBANCE DIFFERENCE (IAD) OF DIFFERENT NECTARINE CULTIVARS AT DIFFERENT HARVEST DATES (G. Reig, S. Alegre, I. Iglesias , G. Echeverría, F. Gatius) QUALITY EVALUATION OF 'SUNBURST' CHERRIES HARVESTED AT DIFFERENT RIPENESS STAGES (A.C. Agulheiro-Santos, V. Palma, G. Machado, A.E. Rato , M.J. Cabrita) DETECTION OF MEALINESS IN TOMATO BY TEXTURAL ANALYSIS (C. Jaren, S. Arazuri, I. Arana , N. Arias, P. Riga , B. Epalza) PREDICTION OF SPINACH QUALITY BASED ON PRE- AND POSTHARVEST CONDITIONS (E. Gutiérrez-Rodríguez, J.H. Lieth, J.A. Jernstedt , T.V. Suslow) EFFECT OF DIFFERENT PRE-COOLING, PACKAGING AND COLD STORAGE TREATMENTS ON QUALITY OF BROCCOLI (L. Yan, S. Liu) PRE-HARVEST H2O2 APPLICATION AFFECTS POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF GREENHOUSE-GROWN SWEET PEPPERS (W.C. Lin, G.S. Block , D.L. Ehret ) INFLUENCE OF PLANTING DATE AND MULCHING ON SOME QUALITATIVE TRAITS OF PROCESSED TOMATOES (P. Sambo, S. Santagata, M. Elsayed, G. Peretto, G. Zanin , C. Nicoletto) MAIN CHARACTERISTICS OF POLYPHENOL OXIDASE FROM ASPARAGUS LETTUCE (X. Yue, G.L. Chen) ETHYLENE EXPOSURE AFTER DORMANCY BREAK IS AS EFFECTIVE AS CONTINUOUS ETHYLENE TO CONTROL SPROUT GROWTH IN SOME UK-GROWN POTATO CULTIVARS (S.G. Foukaraki, G.A. Chope , L.A. Terry) QUALITY OF ITALIAN TOMATO FRUIT FROM ORGANIC AND CONVENTIONAL PRODUCTION SYSTEMS AND STORED AT TWO TEMPERATURES (N. Botrel, F.V. Resende , B.S.F. Leite, R.C.M.R. Nassur , E.V.B. Vilas Boas) QUALITY OF TOMATOES PRODUCED WITH DIFFERENT DOSES OF ORGANIC COMPOST (R.C.M.R. Nassur , E.V.B. Vilas Boas, N. Botrel, F.V. Resende , B.S.F. Leite) THE EFFECTS OF BLANCHING ON BIOLOGICAL VALUE OF ENDIVE (CICHORIUM ENDIVIA L.) (K. Adamczewska-Sowińska , C.M. Uklańska) COLOR AND OTHER QUALITY ASPECTS OF TOMATO FRUITS SUBJECTED TO A SHORT PERIOD OF INDUCED COMPRESSION (G.H.H. Oliveira, P.C. Corrêa, F.L. Finger, R.L. Freitas, D.S.L. Vasconcellos) QUALITY INDICES CHANGES IN PETIOLES OF CELERY (APIUM GRAVEOLENS L.) HARVESTED AT DIFFERENT PHYSIOLOGICAL STAGES (A. Yommi, N. Di Gerónimo, L. Carrozzi , V. Quillehauquy, G. Goñi , S. Roura) A METHOD FOR DETECTING THE SPOILAGE MICROBE MYCOCENTROSPORA ACERINA IN CARROT PRODUCTION FOR INDUSTRY (T.-L. Laamanen, T. Suojala-Ahlfors, P. Parikka, H.-R. Kymäläinen, M. Lehto) MICROWAVE APPLICATION FOR BLANCHING AND DRYING OF COOKING TOMATO (T. Orikasa, Y. Ando, T. Shiina, I. Sotome, S. Isobe, T. Yano, A. Tagawa) SANITATION OF MUSHROOM (AGARICUS BISPORUS) WITH UV-C LIGHT (B. Ozcoz, J. Barriobero, E. Róth , R. López, C. Urbina) UV-C INDUCED DISEASE RESISTANCE AND DELAYED RIPENING IN TOMATO FRUIT WITH PRIOR EXPOSURE TO SELECTED STORAGE STRESSES (R. Corcuff, R. Muvunyi, S. Bourget , J. Arul) POSTHARVEST QUALITY AND ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY OF MINI SWEET PEPPERS AS AFFECTED BY SEVERAL TYPES OF BULK PACKAGING (Z.S. Ilić, Z. Aharon, Y. Perzelan, SH. Alkalai-Tuvia , E. Fallik) EFFECT OF PRESSURE PRE-COOLING, ROOM PRE-COOLING AND COLD STORAGE ON QUALITY OF SWEET CORN (S. Liu, H. Zhang , S. Zheng) EFFECT OF THE DIMENSION OF MECHANICAL INJURY ON THE RESPIRATION OF TOMATOES (A.S. de Paiva, J.D.C. Pessoa, A.G. Calbo, M.C.M. Carneiro , A.L.S. Albino) OPTIMISATION OF THE POSTHARVEST CHAIN FOR WHOLE AND FRESH-CUT CAULIFLOWER (E. Róth, A. Gómez, J. Barriobero, B. Ozcoz, J. Mir-Bel , R. López) IMPACT OF WATER HEAT TREATMENT ON PHYSICAL-CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND MICROBIOLOGICAL QUALITY OF WHOLE TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM) FRUIT (J. Pinheiro , C.L.M. Silva, C. Alegria, M. Abreu, M. Sol , E.M. Gonçalves) EFFECT OF LIGHTNESS AND DARKNESS ON RESPIRATION RATE OF VEGETABLES (C. Cunkun , G. Yuanhui , W. Wensheng , D. Chenghu) OPTIMIZATION, HEAT STABILITY AND KINETIC CHARACTERIZATION OF PECTIN¬METHYLESTERASE ENZYME FROM TOMATO (SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM 'ZINAC') FRUITS (J. Pinheiro , C.L.M. Silva, C. Alegria, M. Abreu , E.M. Gonçalves) RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PECTIN-METHYL ESTERASE ACTIVITY AND SOFTENING IN 'RAF' TOMATO FRUIT (M. Guzmán, A. Sánchez , M.C. Salas, F. del Moral, J.L. Valenzuela) DO QUERCETIN GLUCOSIDES GOVERN SKIN COLOUR CHANGES IN BROWN ONION (ALLIUM CEPA L.) BULBS DURING CURING? (K. Cools, G.A. Chope , L.A. Terry) EVALUATION OF THE IMPACT OF HOT WATER TREATMENT ON THE SENSORY QUALITY OF FRESH TOMATOES (F.E. Loayza , J.K. Brecht, A. Plotto, E.A. Baldwin , J. Bai ) SENSORY PROFILE OF STORED SWEET CORN (F.L. Cuquel, A.F. Mogor, C.F.S. Oliveira , R.P. Bolzan, O.J. Lavoranti) EFFECTS OF AUXIN-INDUCED PARTHENOCARPY ON ETHYLENE PRODUCTION AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY ATTRIBUTES OF ZUCCHINI FRUIT (C. Martínez, S. Manzano, Z. Megías, A. Rubio, J.L. Valenzuela, M. Jamilena, F. Carvajal, D. Garrido) POSTHARVEST STORAGE SYSTEMS AFFECT PHYTOCHEMICAL CONTENT AND QUALITY OF TRADITIONAL PORTUGUESE ONION CULTIVARS (A.S. Rodrigues, D.P.F. Almeida, M.S. García-Falcón, J. Simal-Gándara, M.R. Pérez-Gregorio) THE EFFECT OF CA STORAGE ON QUALITY PARAMETERS OF SHALLOT (ALLIUM ASCALONICUM L.) BULBS (M.T. Bajer , M. Gajewski) EFFECT OF PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS ON THE TRANSPIRATION RATE OF CARROTS DURING STORAGE (P.C. Corrêa, L.R.L. Farinha, F.L. Finger, G.H.H. Oliveira, S.C. Campos , F.M. Botelho) EFFECT OF PRE- AND POSTHARVEST FACTORS ON SPLITTING IN RADISH (RAPHANUS SATIVUS) (J.M. Monaghan, T. Chiramba , L.M. Mogren )