Plant-based edible coatings for managing postharvest quality of fresh horticultural produce: A review

Fresh fruit and vegetables continue with biological activities after harvest, resulting in continuous loss of water and solutes, and gaseous exchanges with surrounding environment through respiration and transpiration. This contributes significantly to postharvest quality loss because of resultant mass loss, shrivelling, poor eating quality and short shelf life, which are the critical parameters determining the competitiveness of fresh produce...