These transgenic crops have been modified with various traits such as herbicide tolerance, insect resistance, disease resistance, abiotic stress tolerance, and improved shelf life.
Under arid and semi-arid conditions, where postharvest loss under ambient conditions is high, the multi-layer evaporative cooler could improve shelf life of tomatoes and other fruits and vegetables by reducing temperature and increasing relative humidity.
This in turn helps reduce waste, improve shelf life, increase traceability and keep people safe.
Industrial trans fatty acids (TFA) are commonly added to processed foods to cheaply improve shelf life and palatability.
While growing the purple tomatoes, we observed that they had improved shelf life compared to wild-type, red fruit.
Consumption of oils with high oleic acid content is desirable because this monounsaturated fatty acid not only improves shelf life but also reduces the need for hydrogenation, a process adding to the cost of the oil and generating unwanted trans-fat that has been linked to many health problems in humans [ 1].
Commercial formulations of poly vinyl acetate) (PVAc) and acrylic dispersions and paints commonly used by artists include a number of additives such as surfactants, coalescing agents, defoamers and thickeners, which are designed for improving shelf-life, as well as chemical and physical properties of the resulting product.
Protein and gelatin hydrolysates have been shown to effectively inhibit lipid peroxidation in meat products [ 44], suggesting that food proteins could be utilized to develop specific hydrolysates as natural antioxidants for improving shelf-life of lipid-rich food products.
Increased knowledge on seed ageing will aid breeders in improving shelf-life, the analysis of the effect of seed-production conditions and seed treatments and will provide gene banks with indicators for timely regeneration.
