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SAUDI JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
Volume 28, Issue 8, Pages 4408-4420Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.sjbs.2021.04.035
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Phoenix dactylifera; Dates; Handling; Storage; Sustainable treatments
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The study reviewed literature on protecting date fruits during their post-harvest life, discussing commercially viable advanced techniques to avoid storage losses and problems while maintaining fruit quality and microbial safety under optimal conditions.
The popularity of date palm (Phoenix dactylifera) fruit is increasing, therefore the demand for high-quality date palm fruit with less or no chemical treatment is the topic of interest for date producers and consumers. The quality of date palm fruit is much dependent on its postharvest handling and processing. For preventing the degradation and maintenance of the high quality of dates during the storage an appropriate harvest and post-harvest processes are required. The process should control the biotic and abiotic factors like insects, fungus, temperature, as well as handling and processing of dates. Therefore, in this work, we reviewed the literature related to the protection of date fruits during their post-harvest life. The commercially viable advance and updated techniques that can be used to avoid storage losses and problems while keeping fruit quality (nutritional, color, flavor, and texture) and microbial safety under optimal conditions are discussed. (c) 2021 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. on behalf of King Saud University. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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