Contributors vii Preface xi 1 Enhancing Food Security Through Postharvest Technology: Current and Future Perspectives 1Gopinadhan Paliyath, Autar K. Mattoo, Avtar K. Handa, Kalidas Shetty, and Charles L. Wilson 2 Ripening and Senescence of Fleshy Fruits 15Raheel Anwar, Autar K. Mattoo, and Avtar K. Handa 3 Ethylene Signal Transduction During Fruit Ripening and Senescence 53Priya Padmanabhan and Gopinadhan Paliyath 4 Preharvest and Postharvest Technologies Based on Hexanal: An Overview 89Gopinadhan Paliyath and Priya Padmanabhan 5 Nitric Oxide Signaling in Plants 103Dandan Huang, Xiaokang Zhang, Jie Zhou, and Shuhua Zhu 6 Postharvest Uses of Ozone Application in Fresh Horticultural Produce 129Vijay Yadav Tokala, Zora Singh, and Alan D. Payne 7 Active and Intelligent Packaging for Reducing Postharvest Losses of Fruits and Vegetables 171Ranjeet Shinde, Victor Rodov, Shanthanu Krishnakumar, and Jayasankar Subramanian 8 Application of Hexanal‐containing Compositions and Its Effect on Shelf‐life and Quality of Banana Varieties in Kenya 191Margaret Hutchinson 9 Hexanal Compositions for Enhancing Shelf‐life and Quality in Papaya 199Ilmi Hewajulige, Shanthi Wilson, and Margaret Hutchinson 10 Effect of Hexanal Composition Treatment on Wine Grape Quality 215Moustapha Oke, Priya Padmanabhan, and Gopinadhan Paliyath 11 Benefits of Application of Hexanal Compositions on Apples 225Priya Padmanabhan and Gopinadhan Paliyath 12 Preharvest Spray Application of Blueberry Fruits with Hexanal Formulations Improves Fruit Shelf‐life and Quality 231Priya Padmanabhan, Thilaka Krishnaraj, Alan Sullivan, and Gopinadhan Paliyath 13 Improving Shelf‐life and Quality of Sweet Cherry (Prunus avium L.) by Preharvest Application of Hexanal Compositions 237Priya Padmanabhan and Gopinadhan Paliyath 14 Hexanal Effects on Greenhouse Vegetables 243Priya Padmanabhan and Gopinadhan Paliyath 15 Reduction of Preharvest and Postharvest Losses of Sweet Orange (Citrus sinensis L. Osberck) Using Hexanal in Eastern Tanzania 255Maulid W. Mwatawala, Anna Baltazari, Theodosy J. Msogoya, Hosea D. Mtui, Jaspa Samwel, and Lucy M. Chove 16 Postharvest Technologies in Tender Fruits: Peach, Nectarine, Plum, and Apricot 265Jayasankar Subramanian, Shanthanu Krishnakumar, Ranjeet Shinde, and Walid El Kayal 17 Effect of Hexanal Compositions on Guava Fruits 287Karanbir S. Gill 18 Effect of Hexanal Vapor Treatments on Delay of Flower Senescence 295Priya Padmanabhan and Gopinadhan Paliyath 19 Applications of Nanostructured and Microstructured Materials in Postharvest Packaging of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables 301Loong‐Tak Lim 20 Economic Impact of Hexanal‐based Nanotechnology on Mango Value Chain in Tamil Nadu State, India 327C. Sekar, K.S. Subramanian, G.J. Janavi, and Jayasankar Subramanian 21 Cyclodextrin Inclusion Complex for Smart Delivery of Volatiles in Nano‐Food Systems 365Marimuthu Subramanian, K.S. Subramanian, Vivek Kumar, Jayanthi Rajan, and Viji Nagaraj Glossary 383 Index 389

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