Postharvest quality and composition of organically and conventionally produced fruits: A review

Mditshwa, Asanda; Magwaza, Lembe Samukelo; Tesfay, S.Z.; Mbili, N.C.

doi:10.1016/j.scienta.2016.12.033

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“…Filamentous fungi contaminate several types of food such as cereals, fruits and vegetables, dried fruits, feed products, dried spices, dried cured meats, and bread, among others [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9].…”

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Potential Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Reduce Aflatoxin B1 and Fumonisin B1 Occurrence on Corn Kernels and Corn Ears

Nazareth

Luz

Torrijos

et al. 2019

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Fungal spoilage is an important issue for the food industry, leading to food sensory defects, food waste, economic losses and public health concern through the production of mycotoxins. Concomitantly, the search for safer natural products has gained importance since consumers began to look for less processed and chemically treated foods. In this context, the aim of this study was to evaluate the antifungal and antimycotoxigenic effect of seven strains of Lactobacillus plantarum. Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) were grown on Man Rogosa Sharpe (MRS) broth at 37 °C in anaerobic conditions. After that, the cell-free supernatant (CFS) were recovered to determine its antifungal activity by halo diffusion agar test. In addition, minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) and minimum fungicidal concentration (MFC) was determined for each L. plantarum CFS by 96-well microplates method. Additionally, CFS was used as a natural biocontrol agent on corn kernels and corn ears contaminated with Aspergillus flavus and Fusarium verticillioides, respectively. The L. plantarum CECT 749 CFS showed the highest antifungal effect against all essayed strains. Moreover, the employment of this CFS in food reduced the mycotoxin production at a percentage ranging from 73.7 to 99.7%. These results suggest that the L. plantarum CECT 749 CFS could be promising for the biocontrol of corn.

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Potential Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Reduce Aflatoxin B1 and Fumonisin B1 Occurrence on Corn Kernels and Corn Ears

Nazareth

Luz

Torrijos

et al. 2019

Toxins

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“…The demand for healthy, nutritious products and the market for gourmet products have increased the value of organic foods (Willer & Lernoud, 2016). One study has shown that organic fruits have a higher content of vitamins, phenolics and antioxidants than conventionally produced fruits (Mditshwa, Magwaza, Tesfay, & Mbili, 2017).…”

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<b>Organic cherry tomato yield and quality as affect by intercropping green manure

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“…These characteristics or parameters may include the level of nutritional and healthpromoting compounds i.e., antioxidants, vitamins, essential oils, as well as those negatively affecting the consumer's health i.e., nitrates, heavy metals, mycotoxins. These criteria definitely differ from the conventional to organic production of crops (Mditshwa et al 2017). Therefore, the farming system, the appropriate fertilizers and crop cultivars are the most factors controlling these criteria or the nutritional and processing value of yield (Smoleń 2012;Hendricks et al 2015).…”

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Foliar application: from plant nutrition to biofortification

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El-Ramady

2017

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IT is well known that, sustainable agriculture is an important part of sustainable development. This sustainable agriculture should lead to achieve food security and maintain the biodiversity of natural ecosystems. Sustainable agriculture also should have definitely a global perspective. The conservation of both soil and water resources, therefore, is considered an essential prerequisite as well as the efficient use of mineral and organic fertilizers. This could be achieved by improving agro-technology and better understanding of the essential processes in soils. Foliar application of agrochemicals including fertilizers should be improved seeking for the sustainability of agriculture. The present review will focus on the effects of foliar application of nutrients for plant nutrition and its biofortification. Proper timing of foliar application, endo-, exogenous and environmental factors affecting foliar nutrition, influence of mineral fertilizer nutritional quality of staple food crops and finally nano-foliar nutrition as well as postharvest quality of crops will be also highlighted.

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Postharvest quality and composition of organically and conventionally produced fruits: A review

Cited by 101 publications

References 76 publications

Potential Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Reduce Aflatoxin B1 and Fumonisin B1 Occurrence on Corn Kernels and Corn Ears

Potential Application of Lactic Acid Bacteria to Reduce Aflatoxin B1 and Fumonisin B1 Occurrence on Corn Kernels and Corn Ears

<b>Organic cherry tomato yield and quality as affect by intercropping green manure

Foliar application: from plant nutrition to biofortification

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