Ethylene Sensor-Enabled Dynamic Monitoring and Multi-Strategies Control for Quality Management of Fruit Cold Chain Logistics

Due to the presence of bioactive compounds, fruits are an essential part of people’s healthy diet. However, endogenous ethylene produced by climacteric fruits and exogenous ethylene in the microenvironment could play a pivotal role in the physiological and metabolic activities, leading to quality lo...

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Published in:Sensors (Basel, Switzerland) Switzerland), 2020-10, Vol.20 (20), p.5830
Main Authors: Wang, Xuepei, Li, Xinwu, Fu, Daqi, Vidrih, Rajko, Zhang, Xiaoshuan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Biosynthesis
Blueberries
Calibration
Cherries
Cold
cold chain
Cold storage
Communication
Data collection
Decision making
dynamic monitoring
Dynamic response
Ethylene
ethylene sensor
Food quality
Fruits
Internet of Things
Logistics
Marketability
Metabolism
Monitoring
Monitoring systems
multi-strategies control
Physiology
postharvest quality
Proteins
Quality management
Respiration
Senescence
Sensors
Shelf life
Software
Supply chains
Weight loss
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Summary:Due to the presence of bioactive compounds, fruits are an essential part of people’s healthy diet. However, endogenous ethylene produced by climacteric fruits and exogenous ethylene in the microenvironment could play a pivotal role in the physiological and metabolic activities, leading to quality losses during storage or shelf life. Moreover, due to the variety of fruits and complex scenarios, different ethylene control strategies need to be adapted to improve the marketability of fruits and maintain their high quality. Therefore, this study proposed an ethylene dynamic monitoring based on multi-strategies control to reduce the post-harvest quality loss of fruits, which was evaluated here for blueberries, sweet cherries, and apples. The results showed that the ethylene dynamic monitoring had rapid static/dynamic response speed (2 ppm/s) and accurately monitoring of ethylene content (99% accuracy). In addition, the quality parameters evolution (firmness, soluble solids contents, weight loss rate, and chromatic aberration) showed that the ethylene multi-strategies control could effectively reduce the quality loss of fruits studied, which showed great potential in improving the quality management of fruits in the supply chain.
ISSN:1424-8220
1424-8220
DOI:10.3390/s20205830