Highlights on tropical and subtropical postharvest fruit research

Poscosecha, Postcosecha, symposium, simposio, tropical, subtropical The issue 975 of Acta Horticulturae, based on the IV International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Bogor, Indonesia, 3 to 7th November 2008, contains the following contents related on postharvest and / or about the influence of growing practices in the fruit quality, shelf life, etc. The selection has being made highlighting the papers with closer commercial application options (but, in most of the cases, only based on the titles; sorry for the discrepancies of evaluation!). INTEGRATED DISEASE CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR LENGTHENING THE STORAGE LIFE OF PAPAYA CULTIVARS 'RED LADY' AND 'RATHNA' MYCOBIOTA OF APPLE FRUIT: EFFECTS ON BITTER ROT CAUSED BY COLLETOTRICHUM ACUTATUM EVALUATION OF COCONUT CULTIVARS FOR TENDER NUT WATER THE COMBINATION OF PRE- AND POST-HARVEST DEFICIT IRRIGATION IMPROVES LOQUAT FRUITS EARLINESS AND PERFORMANCE AT PACKING HOUSES EFFECTS OF WATER STRESS ON QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE FRUIT CHARACTERISTICS OF DATE PALM (PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA L.) FACTORS AFFECTING UNEVEN FRUIT RIPENING IN 'MON-THONG' DURIAN LEAF PHOTOSYNTHESIS AND FRUIT QUALITY OF MANGO GROWING UNDER FIELD OR PLASTIC ROOF CONDITION GROWTH AND POSTHARVEST QUALITY OF MANDARIN (CITRUS RETICULATE 'FREMONT') FRUIT HARVESTED FROM DIFFERENT ALTITUDES FEASIBILITY STUDY TO ALLEVIATE THE TRANSLUCENT FLESH AND GAMBOGE DISORDERS OF MANGOSTEEN (GARCINIA MANGOSTANA L.) BY SPRAYING WITH CALCIUM CHLORIDE POSTHARVEST STORAGE OF CITRUS TANKAN FRUIT UNDER NORMAL CONDITION AND COLD STORAGE CURRENT POSTHARVEST HANDLING PRACTICES OF SALAK AND MANGO FRUITS IN INDONESIA EFFECT OF HOT WATER TREATMENT ON THE INHIBITION OF ANTHRACNOSE, PG, PME ACTIVITY AND PGIP GENE EXPRESSION IN HARVESTED PAPAYA FRUITS PRELIMINARY STUDY ON MICROBIAL QUALITY OF FRESH-CUT HONEYDEW STORED AT REFRIGERATED TEMPERATURE EFFECT OF TIME AND TEMPERATURE ON QUALITY AND STABILITY OF ASCORBIC ACID IN PROCESSED KINNOW MANDARIN JUICE NON-DESTRUCTIVE TECHNIQUE FOR DETERMINING MANGO MATURITY PROCESSING THE INDONESIAN TANGERINE (CITRUS NOBILIS LOUR.) EFFECT OF WAX TREATMENT ON THE QUALITY AND POSTHARVEST PHYSIOLOGY OF PINEAPPLE FRUITS FEASIBILITY STUDY ON EVALUATION OF INTERNAL QUALITY OF RED PITAYA USING NEAR INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY ACTIVITY AND GENE EXPRESSION OF ETHYLENE BIOSYNTHETIC ENZYMES OF 'IRWIN' MANGO DURING FRUIT RIPENING TEMPERATURE MANAGEMENT OF TROPICAL AND SUBTROPICAL FRUITS IN JAPAN NON-DESTRUCTIVE QUALITY AND MATURITY EVALUATION OF THE PAPAYA FRUIT CULTIVAR 'IPB 1' (CARICA PAPAYA L.) HIGH DENSITY LOQUAT ORCHARDS INCREASE PROFITS AND SHORTEN THE TIME FOR INVESTMENT RETURNS VILLAGE-AGROINDUSTRY CHARACTERISTICS OF BANANA CHIPS ('AGUNG SEMERU') IN LUMAJANG REGENCY, EAST JAVA. ?