Instant Insights

<p><b>This specially curated collection features five reviews of current and key research on fruit losses and waste.</b><br><br>The first chapter reviews the magnitude of losses and waste of fruit and vegetables as well as key issues in estimating losses. It provides a detailed assessment of the main causes of losses and waste together with strategies for their prevention.<br><br>The second chapter assesses the adoption of new non-destructive technologies as a way of measuring harvest maturity and improving sorting operations to minimise the risk of product loss and waste.<br><br>The third chapter outlines the importance of harvest management of apples and considers the importance of various factors associated with fruit physiology maturation and ripening to reduce losses.<br><br>The fourth chapter reviews existing research in the preservation of fruit quality and reduction of post-harvest damage and loss by adopting suitable technologies and knowledge during post-harvest operation storage management transportation and marketing of mango fruit.<br><br>The final chapter explores the advantages and disadvantages of cultivating ripening-impaired tomato mutants. It describes how controlling tomato diseases in both pre- and postharvest operations can help avoid fruit losses.</p>