Effect of Nano-composite coating on post-harvest crops

Consumers prefer healthy and nutritious crops diet worldwide, and demand for fresh fruits and vegetables is growing rapidly. Horticultural crops have a short postharvest life, and physical damage from impact and pressure, moisture loss, biochemical changes, and microbial decay after harvest are the main causes of decrease quality and reduced shelf life.The one of effective strategy in packaging and coating crops is use of nano -composites for improve the post-harvest life of whole and sliced fruits and vegetables, which delays the process of processing, reduces respiration, reduces crops spoilage and increases their shelf life and maintains crop quality. This article give an overview of the effect of nano-composite coating on post-harvest crops.

Keywords:

Nano-composites , postharvest , Horticultural crops.