- Title
- Reduction of energy usage in postharvest horticulture through management of ethylene
- Creator
- Wills, Ron B. H.; Golding, John B.
- Relation
- Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture Vol. 95, Issue 7, p. 1379-1384
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jsfa.6930
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2015
- Description
- Cool chain management is the preferred technology to extend the postharvest life of horticultural produce, but with rising energy costs and community pressure to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, there is a need to use less energy-intensive technologies. Minimising the level of ethylene around horticultural produce inhibits ripening and senescence and therefore has the potential to reduce the use of refrigeration. The long-distance transport of bananas within Australia and from Central America to Europe is used as a case study to show that the need for refrigeration could be reduced if the appropriate concentrations of ethylene were maintained around fruit during transit. Data are also presented to show a similar benefit of ethylene control with green beans, as well as another study showing that apples treated with the ethylene action inhibitor 1-methylcyclopropene could be stored at a higher temperature without loss of quality to the consumer. The range of technologies available to manage ethylene levels is discussed.
- Subject
- energy savings; postharvest horticulture; refrigeration; ethylene; storage
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1339216
- Identifier
- uon:28202
- Identifier
- ISSN:0022-5142
- Language
- eng
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