Finally, it's time for summer holiday!

We would like to communicate that Postharvest.biz will be closed for summer holiday from August 7th till 23th. We will start working on August 24th to continue informing you about the latest storage technologies, processing and marketing of fruit and vegetable. Please, sign up for the Postharvest News, our free weekly newsletter to be the first to learn about all the novelties of the industry. Feel free to continue to send us emails, news to post and request for information. We assure you that all of them will be answered as soon as we return to the office. Working on the new Postharvest.bizWe will take advantage of the summer to start updating the website that will be moved to a modern system, with more possibilities, greater security, more intuitive navigation, fully indexable and, above all, with a more attractive design. During this process, there will be some temporary error messages and problems with certain images that we ask you to apologize us. Publication of the reference book for the avocado industryMoreover, on September we will publish the book "Cultivo, poscosecha y procesado del aguacate", which brings together 20 articles written by 24 international researchers, leading experts and professionals of international prestige. The aim of this publication is to become a benchmark for producers, packers and retailers of this crop. The book is divided into three large thematic blocks. The first block "General overview" contemplates avocado production in the world, in the Iberian Peninsula and in the Canary Islands. Regarding the second block "Propagation and cultivation", the physiology, rootstocks, varieties, propagation, soil and climate, irrigation, fertilization, pests and nematodes, diseases are explored. Finally, the third block "Postharvest, processing and commercialization" deals with physiology and available techniques for conservation, development of new food products and nutritional characteristics of the fruit. The Postharvest Team wish you all a great summer holiday and if you are in the Southern Hemisphere, have a happy winter!