Table of contents - Issue 3, June 2008

I. Litchi fruit

Edited by Dharini Sivakumar

1. Postharvest hygiene management in the litchi export chain

Karen de Reuck, Karin Zeeman and Lise Korsten [Abstract] [Full text]

2. Litchi quality in the postharvest horticulture chain

Dharini Sivakumar and Lise Korsten [Abstract] [Full text]

3. Effect of fruit development, maturity and harvesting of litchi (Litchi chinensis

Sonn.) on postharvest fruit quality

Regina B Cronje [Abstract] [Full text]

II. Minimally-processed fruits and vegetables

Edited by Gustavo González-Aguilar

4. Cooling of freshly cut and freshly harvested fruits and vegetables

Clément Vigneault, Timothy J Rennie and Vicky Toussaint [Abstract] [Full text]

5. Flavour loss during postharvest handling and marketing of fresh-cut produce

Charles F Forney [Abstract] [Full text]

6. Use of edible coatings to preserve the quality of fruits and vegetables during storage

GI Olivas, JE Dávila-Aviña, NA Salas-Salazar and FJ Molina [Abstract] [Full text]

7. The role of lipid metabolism and signalling during postharvest treatment and storage of horticultural crops

Fernando Alferez [Abstract] [Full text]

8. Bioactive compounds in fruits: health benefits and effect of storage conditions

G González-Aguilar, RM Robles-Sánchez, MA Martínez-Téllez, GI Olivas, E Alvarez-Parrilla and LA de la Rosa [Abstract] [Full text]

9. Natural antimicrobial agents incorporated in active packaging to preserve the quality of fresh fruits and vegetables

J Fernando Ayala-Zavala, Lizzete del Toro-Sánchez, Emilio Alvarez-Parrilla, Herlinda Soto-Valdez, Olga Martín-Belloso, Saúl Ruiz-Cruz and Gustavo A González-Aguilar [Abstract] [Full text]

III. Quality

Edited by Yueming Jiang

10. Microbial quality assessment methods for fresh-cut fruits and vegetables

Lihua Fan and Jun Song [Abstract] [Full text]