Pre-Harvest and Post-Harvest Factors Affecting Citrus Fruit and Post-Harvest Treatments

Abstract

The review paper was aimed to assess major pre harvest and post-harvest factors affecting citrus fruit and their post-harvest treatments. Pre harvest factors such as climatic conditions, especially relative humidity, rain, temperature, cultivation practices, tree health, stage of fruit maturity, and fruit type and Post-harvest practices such as harvesting, handling, treatments, packaging, and marketing are found to be issues that greatly influence high fruit losses. Diverse treatments of pre harvest and post-harvest disorders of citrus fruit are reviewed to overcome citrus fruits disorder. According to this review, pre harvest factors are major causes of post-harvest loss.