Postharvest Information Sheets

The following information sheets are taken from a series of articles that first appeared in the Australian magazine Good Fruit and Vegetables. The monthly magazine is a Rural Press Publication. If you would like to subscribe to this magazine you can email them at:

subs.gvf@ruralpress.com and please include 'For Good fruit and Vegetables' in the first line.

You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view the PDF files. Versions are available for the DOS, Macintosh, Unix, and Windows operating systems.

Sydney Postharvest Laboratory Information Sheets

Temperature management is essential for maintaining produce quality

The mechanics of refrigeration

Practical solutions for temperature management

Optimal Fresh - a new database for storage information of fresh produce

Talking rot: Postharvest disease control

Potatoes: Handle with care

Essential oils: A new idea for postharvest disease control

Enhancing the natural disease resistance of potatoes

Modified atmosphere packaging: Not as simple as it seems

Postharvest Ethylene: A critical factor in quality management

Preventing rapid ripening of Fuji and Pink Lady apples

Correct cool chain management is essential for all fruit and vegetables

A general article on the important aspects of postharvest handling of fruit and vegetables

A summary of the first seasons results of the rapid ripening of Pink Lady and Fuji apples project

Understanding flesh browning in Pink Lady apples

Harvest maturity and Pink Lady fruit quality


	TO HOME PAGE Sydney Postharvest Laboratory Revised Dec 2002 (H. James)