Intelligent & edible biopolymer-based packaging technologies for postharvest shelf-life enhancement of litchi ( Litchi chinensis ) fruit: a comprehensive review

Key Points

• To explore the role of biopolymer-based packaging in enhancing the shelf-life of litchi fruit postharvest.
• Review of intelligent and edible biopolymer packaging technologies
• Analysis of their impact on physiological changes in litchi
• Examination of how packaging limits biochemical and microbial spoilage.
• Biopolymer-based packaging significantly prolongs the shelf-life of litchi fruit
• Regulates postharvest physiological changes effectively
• Minimizes biochemical and microbial spoilage.