Emerging approaches to determine maturity of citrus fruit. Issue 19 (28th October 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Gupta, Arun Kumar; Pathak, Urbi; Tongbram, Thoithoi; Medhi, Manisha; Terdwongworakul, Anupun; Magwaza, Lembe Samukelo; Mditshwa, Asanda; Chen, Tao; Mishra, Poonam
• Is Part Of: Critical reviews in food science and nutrition. Volume 62:Issue 19(2022)
• Page Start: 5245
• Page End: 5266
• Publication Date: 2022-10-28
• Subjects: Citrus fruit -- destructive methods -- nondestructive methods -- sensing; Food industry and trade -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Nutrition -- Periodicals; Food -- Periodicals; Diet -- Periodicals; Review Literature -- Periodicals; Nutrition; Food; Diet; Review Literature; 664
• DOI: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1883547
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1040-8398

Abstract

Abstract: Owing to their health-boosting properties and other appreciable properties, citrus fruit is widely consumed and commercialized worldwide. Destination markets around the world vary in their fruit quality requirements and are also highly influenced by climatic conditions, agronomical and postharvest practices. Hence, harvesting decisions are arduous. Maturity indices in citrus fruit are highly variable and dependent on the species and varieties, growing regions, and destination markets. For decades, determination of the maturity of citrus fruit and predicting the near time of harvesting was a challenge for producers, researchers, and food safety agencies. Thus, the current review provides a correlation between maturity and internal components and an overview of techniques of maturity determination for citrus fruits. Also, stress has been given to the destructive and nondestructive methods to determine the maturity level of different citrus species. The techniques presented in this review portray continuous productiveness as an excellent quality assessment, particularly as ripening and maturity analysis tools for citrus fruits. Traditional techniques are time-consuming, laborious, costly, destructive, and tedious. Thus, these nondestructive techniques hold great potential to replace conventional procedures.