The role of nanotechnology in horticultural crops postharvest management.

摘要

Horticulture science has been defined as science and art of cultivating and handling of fruits, vegetables, flowers, and ornamental plants. Human population is increasing rapidly, so providing sufficient and healthy food is becoming a very important problem in the near future. Now, increasing production efficiency and decreasing post harvest wastage with using the findings of novel scientific research such as biotechnology and nanotechnology in products, could be counted as the best solution to this problem. Nanotechnology using particular characteristics of nano-particles can be a very useful technology in all science and industry branches. Nowadays, a lot of usages of nanotechnology in agricultural sciences have been established. In relation with extension of horticultural products shelf life, nanotechnology can help us in some grounds, e.g. controlling growth and development of micro organisms, introducing a new generation of packaging coverage's (Films) and controlling influence of gases and the harmful rays (UV), increasing strength, quality and packaging beauty, and using the multiple chips (Nanobiosensors) for labeling products that considered as fundamental step to automated control of storages.