Generic food supply chain and examples of food waste parfitt et al. Joyce2 yueming jiang1 1 south china botanical garden, chinese academy of sciences, guangzhou 510650, p. Pdf on jan 1, 2015, zenebe woldu and others published. The post harvest phase is further complicated by the fact that some changes are desirable while others are not. Supply of improved and disease free tissue culture plantlets or suckers. Bananas have a very short postharvest life at ambient conditions. This book is a valuable resource for anyone involved in handling and storage of fresh fruits and vegetables. While big commercial farms have excellent postharvest handling practices, small growers and traders employ minimal care. Harvesting, handling at harvesting edible crops left in field, ploughed into soil, eaten by pests. Post harvest physiology is the scientific study of the physiology of living plant tissues after they have been denied further nutrition by picking harvest. Training on improved postharvest handling of banana magagri tayo. Overripening, and mechanical damage caused by bruising and compression are the main causes. Economic analysis of post harvest losses in plantain and.
May 07, 2018 training on improved postharvest handling of banana magagri tayo. Welcome to my presentation postharvest management of banana 1samar. The farm level post harvest handling and loss d ata w ere collected from 3 major. Strawberry post harvest free download as powerpoint presentation. Technical paper on postharvest losses acfjanuary 2014 page 6 table 1. Attra, post harvest handling of fruits and vegetables. Sampling andstorage offruit fruits of commercial maturity were brought to the laboratory on the day of harvest. Postharvest management of banana for quality and safety assurance. It has direct applications to post harvest handling in establishing the storage and transport conditions that prolong shelf life. Yellow with brown flecks brown flecks indicate high sugar. This overview considers the current status of postharvest research on banana fruit, with an emphasis on postharvest handling. Overall, postharvest research on banana fruit remains focused on control of ethylene. Training on improved postharvest handling of banana youtube. This handbook is about rice post harvest techniques, and unlike tuber and root crops that many farmers in png are familiar with such as taro, yams, cassava, sweet potato.
Fruits fill to harvest maturity in about 34 months after the flowers first appear. Aaa, aab and abb groups are major starch staple crops of considerable importance in the developing world. The moulds develop in damaged areas in the fruit rind. Pdf assessment of banana postharvest handling practices and. Recently, japanese researchers have made plastic bags coated with zeolites, which absorb both oxygen and ethylene.
Routine postharvest screening of bananaplantain hybrids. The critical points in the present banana handling system were identified and postharvest interventions were suggested. The results revealed that the total post harvest loss phl in papaya produced in ananthpur district of andhra pradesh and marketed in bangalore of karnataka state worked out to 25. Postharvest biology and handling of banana fruit xuewu duan1 daryl c.
During 2012, the world acreage of banana was 5007520 hectares, while the world production 103632349 metric tones and productivity was 20. Consumer can refrigerate fruit to maintain flavour or can be peeled and frozen. The rotted portion of the banana finger is dry and tends to adhere to fruits appears similar to the ash of a cigar. Another critical use continues to be in water disinfection, primarily for harvest and postharvest handling and cooling. Post harvest losses in horticultural fruit crops are related mainly to handling beginning first from harvest and on to retail shops. The objective of post harvest handling is, therefore, the creation of an understanding of all the operations concerned from harvesting to distribution so as to enable people to apply the proper technology in each step and in such a way to. The principles dictating at which stage of maturity a fruit or vegetable should be harvested are crucial to its subsequent storage and marketable life and quality. Post harvest mcqs with answers key postharvestmultiple. Post harvest handling postharvest management practices that reduce product loss to spoilage or shrinkage will reduce microbial risks. Postharvest technology tools for applied food science.
Postharvest handling growing lemons in australia a production manual 16 2 postharvest diseases green and blue mould green mould is the most serious postharvest disease of citrus and generally more common than blue mould. Pdf assessment of banana postharvest handling practices. Also in pre harvest factors seed source, rootstock, etc. Post harvest physiology is the scientific study of the physiology of living plant tissues after picking. Therefore, it has the potential to control postharvest ripening of banana during handling, transportation and storage palomer et al. For example, the loss of color chlorophyll is desirable for vegetables but not for fruits. Postharvest biology and handling of banana fruit global science. There are many postharvest criteria for screening new banana, cooking banana and plantain hybrids, however the major ones include.
The study was conducted to assess the status of postharvest handling practices and loss of banana in ethiopia. Postharveststorage of guava psidium guajava, l, var. Initial symptoms are a softening of the tissue which turns into a. Zeolite use is at an early stage, but may eventually result in an appropriate technology for extending storage life of plantain and banana. Cold storage plant cold storage for onion cold storage in india cold storage for vegetables duration. Guidance for horticultural supply chain stakeholders. China 2 school of land, crop and food sciences, the university of queensland, gatton, qld. Postharvest handling and transportation methods that. The objective of postharvest handling is, therefore, the creation of an understanding of all the operations concerned from harvesting to distribution so as to enable people to apply the proper technology in each step and in such a way to.
Over 60,000 farmers were trained in postharvest handling and storage best practices. Postharvest losses 1 postharvest losses 2 postharvest biology. Postharvest technology an overview sciencedirect topics. A complete manual on postharvest technology is provided by kader 2002. Introduction banana, cooking banana and plantain musa spp. Chilling injuries arising from the exposure of the products to a temperature a. Postharvest management of banana linkedin slideshare. Move the product to the processing facility as soon as possible. Move product into a cooler as soon as possible after processing. Nutrition the nutritional value of fresh banana fruit per 100 g edible portion is. Improving postharvest ripening of bananas shay lynne stone banana information family. Criteria and methods harvest research or technology transfer. Good postharvest handling practice is important in maintaining the quality and assuring the safety of the banana fruit as it moves through the supply chain from producer to consumer.
Banana is a perennial crop that grows quickly and can be harvested all year round. Economic analysis of post harvest losses in plantain and banana. Banana, fruit, postharvest handling, packaging, storage. Ppt postharvest handling powerpoint presentation free to. Strawberry post harvest postharvest strawberry free 30. Consumers prefer the post harvest color changes in fruits as the color represents an increase in carotenoids, which provide nutritional value. Cilantro is a leafy vegetable commonly used for seasoning purpose that is highly perishable and has high postharvest loss losing 1. In the past, very high rates of chlorine were often used because it was felt that no residue was left on produce at consumption 2, 14, 18, 39. Losses can be caused by mechanical injuries, inadequate storage, unsuitable handling in transporting and delay in the display time while at the retail market ceagesp, 2002. Postharvest handling systems of banana in the philippines. Banana, supplychain, post harvest handling, postharvest loss, determinants. It has direct applications to postharvest handling in establishing the storage and transport conditions that best prolong shelf life. What are the two main considerations in postharvest handling. Highquality, disease free produce with a good shelf life is a result of good production practices, proper handling during harvest, and appropriate post harvest handling and storage.
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