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Postharvest

Published on 3/02/2020 - Published by SELF G.
FruiTrop n°267 , Page From 104 to 111
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Always the bridesmaid, never the bride

“Always the bridesmaid, never the bride” is the saying, but for so long postharvest was more like the weird relative that no one wanted to invite. A strange combination of biology and technology that didn’t quite fit – the study of what happens to bits of plants when they are cut off and how to stop them going bad. But with a global focus on food waste, population growth and climate change, postharvest biology and technology have never been more relevant.