Abstract

Horticulture products (Vegetables, fruits and flowers) considered the backbone of the Egyptian agricultural sector, horticulture products get good in export incomes for the national economy. Unfortunately, more than 25-30% of horticulture produce gets wasted due to lack of post-harvest management of vegetables, a complex disturbed of metabolic adjustments occur in horticultural commodities after harvest which is influenced by dislocation of various factors like a supply of nutrients, water and growth regulators from the parent plant to the harvested produce. The overall process leads to a postharvest decline of the produce; however, the losses can be decreased with the adoption of postharvest management and use of processing technology of horticulture produce.