Postharvest Biology and Technology is devoted exclusively to the publication of original papers, review articles and frontiers articles on biological and technological postharvest research of horticultural crops including fruit, vegetables, grapes, flowers, tea and nuts, but excluding grains, seeds, forages and spices.

All aspects of postharvest research throughout the supply chain will be considered, including storage technologies, treatments and underpinning mechanisms, quality evaluation, packaging, handling, and distribution.

The following research areas will be considered if they directly affect postharvest science: preharvest factors, ripening and senescence, product safety, systems biology, bioinformatics, entomology, plant physiology, plant pathology, (bio)chemistry, molecular biology, biotechnology, engineering, modelling, economics, and technologies for non-destructive testing.

Manuscripts on the effect of treatments on the storage life of a product should have a mechanistic component and must include research on the physiological effects and working principles of the treatments. Manuscripts that report on non-destructive testing should relate to the biological processes of the product and should include a strong relationship with postharvest biology and technology. Manuscripts reporting novel fundamental and interdisciplinary research that addresses biological, technological, and socio-economic issues that impact technology acceptance, are encouraged.

The focus of this journal is on fresh horticultural products. Manuscripts on products that will be further processed after postharvest storage, or on treatments beyond refrigeration, packaging and minimal processing will be considered but only if linked strongly to the quality and provenance of the products at the time of harvest.

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1. Research Papers (regular papers)
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Editor-in-Chief
B. Nicolai
Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium Email B. Nicolai
Associate Editors
B. Defilippi
INIA-CRI La Platina, Santiago, Chile Email B. Defilippi
M.I. Gil
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC), Murcia, Spain Email M.I. Gil
S.P. Tian
Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China Email S.P. Tian
P. Tonutti
Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, Pisa, Italy Email P. Tonutti
C. Watkins
Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Email C. Watkins
Founding Editor
G.E. Hobson
Honorary Editor
R.P. Cavalieri
Washington State University, Pullman, Washington, USA
I.B. Ferguson
The New Zealand Institute for Plant & Food Research Ltd., Auckland, New Zealand
Editorial Advisory Board
A. Allende
CEBAS CSIC, Murcia, Spain
F. Artes Calero
Universidad Politecnica de Cartagena, Cartagena-Murcia, Spain
J. Bai
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
C. Barry-Ryan
Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland
D. Brummell
New Zealand Institute for Plant and Food Research, Manawatu Mail Centre, Palmerston North, New Zealand
G. Colelli
University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
D. Cozzolino
Central Queensland University, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia
J. DeEll
Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Simcoe, Ontario, Canada
T. Defraeye
EMPA, Dübendorf, Switzerland
A. East
Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
J. Golding
NSW Dept. of Primary Industries, Ourimbah, New South Wales, Australia
M.L.A.T.M. Hertog
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
K. Ichimura
National Institute of Floriculture Science, Fujimoto, Tsukuba, Japan
A. Ippolito
Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
Y.M Jiang
Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS), China
A.K. Kanellis
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloniki, Greece
M.T. Lafuente
Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (IATA), Burjassot, Valencia, Spain
A. Lichter
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel
R. Lu
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), East Lansing, Michigan, USA
A. Macnish
Nambour, Queensland, Australia
G. Manganaris
Cyprus University of Technology, Limassol, Cyprus
O. Martín-Belloso
Universitat de Lleida, Lleida, Spain
R.E. Paull
University of Hawaii at Mãnoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
R. Pedreschi
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, La Palma, Quillota, Chile
P. Perkins-Veazie
Lane, North Carolina, USA
A. Plotto
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Fort Pierce, Florida, USA
R. Porat
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel
D. Prusky
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel
P. Ragaert
Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
V. Rodov
Agricultural Research Organization (ARO), Bet Dagan, Israel
G. Romanazzi
Universita' Politecnica delle Marche, Ancona, Italy
D. Rudell
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Wenatchee, Washington, USA
M. Serrano
Universidad Miguel Hernández (UMH), Orihuela (Alicante), Spain
Z. Singh
Curtin University, Perth, Western Australia, Australia
A.D. Stead
Royal Holloway, University of London, London, England, UK
L.A. Terry
Cranfield University, Bedford, UK
P. Toivonen
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), Summerland, British Columbia, Canada
P. Verboven
KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
K. Walsh
Central Queensland University, North Rockhampton, Australia
E. Woltering
Wageningen Universiteit, Wageningen, Netherlands
A. Woolf
University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
C-L. Xiao
U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Agricultural Research Service (ARS), Parlier, California, USA
A. Zdunek
Polish Academy of Sciences, Lublin 27, Poland
M. Zude Sasse
Leibniz Institute for Agricultural Engineering, Potsdam-Bornim, Germany