Special Issue: Advances in quality and safety control of fruits and vegetables throughout supply chain
Published 23 February, 2023
Description:
Postharvest loss, food safety and decrease in quality are the main concerns in the fruits and vegetables supply chain. To that end, improved understanding of postharvest physiology, pathology, biochemistry and microbiology have been achieved to control the quality and safety of fruits and vegetables during distribution.
This special issue invites authors to submit high-quality and original research or reviews in the innovative technology applications in the field for publication.
Topics covered:
- Quality and safety attributes and changes of fruits and vegetables
- Physiological, biochemical and molecular aspects of fruits and vegetables
- Biotic and abiotic factors involved with spoilage of fruits and vegetables
- Nutritional composition and changes of fruits and vegetables
- Improving quality and safety of fruits and vegetables by using physical, chemical and biological treatments
- Novel packaging techniques to improve quality and safety of fruits and vegetables
- Destructive and non-destructive detection and evaluation of quality and safety of fruits and vegetables
Important deadlines:
- Submission Deadline: 30 June 2023
- Publication Data: October 2023
Submission instructions:
Please read the Guide for Authors before submitting. All articles should be submitted online; please select SI: Fruits and vegetables
Special Issue Editor
Leading Editor:
- Chongde Sun, PhD. Professor, adesun2006@zju.edu.cn, Zhejiang University, China
- Wenqiang Guan, PhD. Professor, guanwenqiang@tjcu.edu.cn, Tianjin University of Commerce, China
- Qiong Lin, PhD. Associate Professor, linqiong1026@126.com, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, China
Co-editor:
- Xuewu Duan, PhD. Professor, xwduan@scbg.ac.cn, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Xingxing He, PhD. xingxinghe@tjcu.edu.cn, Tianjin University of Commerce, China
- Boqiang Li, PhD. Professor, bqli@ibcas.ac.cn, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
- Liping Kou, PhD. Associate Professor, kouliping@nwsuaf.edu.cn, Northwest A&F university, China
- Xuequn Shi, PhD. Professor, shixuequn@163.com, Hainan University, China
- Ruixiang Yan, PhD. Professor, yrxan@tust.edu.cn, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, China
- Jin Yue, PhD. Associate Professor, jinyue@sjtu.edu.cn, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
- Kaifang Zeng, PhD. Professor, zengkaifang@163.com, Southwest University, China
- Hongliang Zhu, PhD. Professor, hlzhu@cau.edu.cn, China Agricultural University, China