# Postharvest Quality and Shelf Life Management

**Type:** Topics  
**Canonical URL:** https://scholariq.org/topics/postharvest-quality-and-shelf-life-management-2/

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Citations | 993,004 |
| Description | This cluster of papers explores the factors influencing fruit ripening and quality in horticultural crops, with a focus on ethylene biosynthesis, genetic regulation, polyphenol oxidases, modified atmosphere packaging, aroma compounds, metabolic shifts, and the role of plant hormones. The research covers preharvest and postharvest influences, as well as molecular and biochemical aspects of fruit development and ripening. |
| Domain | Life Sciences |
| Field | Agricultural and Biological Sciences |
| OpenAlex ID | https://openalex.org/T10473 |
| Works | 58,394 |

## Topic researchers

Showing 12 of 20.

- [David Julian McClements](https://scholariq.org/researchers/david-julian-mcclements/)
- [Kazuo Shinozaki](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kazuo-shinozaki/)
- [Jian‐Kang Zhu](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jian-kang-zhu/)
- [Rüssel J. Reiter](https://scholariq.org/researchers/russel-j-reiter/)
- [Joseph R. Ecker](https://scholariq.org/researchers/joseph-r-ecker/)
- [Alisdair R. Fernie](https://scholariq.org/researchers/alisdair-r-fernie/)
- [Kazuko Yamaguchi‐Shinozaki](https://scholariq.org/researchers/kazuko-yamaguchi-shinozaki/)
- [Jonathan D. G. Jones](https://scholariq.org/researchers/jonathan-d-g-jones/)
- [Clifford J. Woolf](https://scholariq.org/researchers/clifford-j-woolf/)
- [Klaus Rajewsky](https://scholariq.org/researchers/klaus-rajewsky/)
- [Björn Usadel](https://scholariq.org/researchers/bjorn-usadel/)
- [Dirk Inzé](https://scholariq.org/researchers/dirk-inze/)

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