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Plant Science and Agronomy
Argentina
2025

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Plant Science and Agronomy

D-Index
48
Citations
7206
World Ranking
2447
National Ranking
15

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Plant Science and Agronomy in Argentina Leader Award

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry

Alicia R. Chaves mainly focuses on Botany, Horticulture, Postharvest, Fragaria and Ripening. Her Botany research incorporates themes from Peroxidase and Softening. Her Horticulture study frequently links to adjacent areas such as Sugar.

Her work deals with themes such as Phenylalanine ammonia-lyase, Chlorophyllase, Titratable acid, Rosaceae and Brassica oleracea var italica, which intersect with Postharvest. Her studies deal with areas such as Isoelectric point, Chromatography, Antioxidant and Enzyme assay as well as Fragaria. Her Legume research includes themes of Food preservation, Food science, Browning and Catechol oxidase, Polyphenol oxidase.

Her most cited work include:

  • UV-C treatment delays postharvest senescence in broccoli florets (219 citations)
  • UV-C treatments reduce decay, retain quality and alleviate chilling injury in pepper (169 citations)
  • Combined use of UV‐C irradiation and heat treatment to improve postharvest life of strawberry fruit (143 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Her primary scientific interests are in Horticulture, Botany, Postharvest, Food science and Antioxidant. Alicia R. Chaves has researched Horticulture in several fields, including Softening and Respiration rate. The study incorporates disciplines such as Sugar and DPPH in addition to Botany.

She interconnects Senescence, Food storage and Shelf life in the investigation of issues within Postharvest. The concepts of her Food science study are interwoven with issues in Phenols, Glutathione and Lignin. Her Antioxidant study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Peroxidase, Chlorogenic acid and Cultivar.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Horticulture (54.17%)
  • Botany (51.04%)
  • Postharvest (37.50%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2011-2018)?

  • Botany (51.04%)
  • Horticulture (54.17%)
  • Postharvest (37.50%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Alicia R. Chaves spends much of her time researching Botany, Horticulture, Postharvest, Food science and Chlorophyll. Her Botany research includes elements of Shelf life, DPPH, Browning, Sugar and Malic acid. Her Horticulture study combines topics in areas such as Pectin, Dehydration and Respiration rate.

Her Food science study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Crop quality and Antioxidant. Her work carried out in the field of Antioxidant brings together such families of science as Peroxidase and Cultivar. She combines subjects such as Senescence, Gene, Ozone and Eruca vesicaria with her study of Chlorophyll.

Between 2011 and 2018, her most popular works were:

  • Effect of 1-MCP on the expression of chlorophyll degrading genes during senescence of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.) (37 citations)
  • Changes in quality and phenolic antioxidants in dark purple American eggplant (Solanum melongena L. cv. Lucía) as affected by storage at 0 °C and 10 °C (33 citations)
  • Continuous white–blue LED light exposition delays postharvest senescence of broccoli (30 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Enzyme
  • Biochemistry

Alicia R. Chaves mostly deals with Botany, Postharvest, Shelf life, Chlorophyll and Carotenoid. Her studies in Botany integrate themes in fields like DPPH and Food science, Browning. Her Food science study incorporates themes from Solanum and Antioxidant.

Her Horticulture research extends to the thematically linked field of Shelf life. Her Chlorophyll research integrates issues from Senescence and Gene. The various areas that she examines in her Carotenoid study include Fructose, Sucrose, Darkness, Sugar and Animal science.

Best Publications

  • UV-C treatment delays postharvest senescence in broccoli florets

    Lorenza Costa;Ariel R. Vicente;Pedro M. Civello;Alicia R. Chaves

  • UV-C treatments reduce decay, retain quality and alleviate chilling injury in pepper

    Ariel R. Vicente;Carlos Pineda;Laura Lemoine;Pedro M. Civello

  • Effect of heat treatment on strawberry fruit damage and oxidative metabolism during storage

    Ariel R. Vicente;Gustavo A. Martínez;Alicia R. Chaves;Pedro M. Civello

  • Combined use of UV‐C irradiation and heat treatment to improve postharvest life of strawberry fruit

    Jerónimo Pan;Ariel R Vicente;Gustavo A Martínez;Alicia R Chaves

  • Peroxidase from Strawberry Fruit (Fragaria ananassa Duch.): Partial Purification and Determination of Some Properties

    Pedro Marcos Civello;Gustavo Adolfo Martinez;Alicia Raquel Chaves;Maria Cristina Anon

  • Effect of heat treatments on cell wall degradation and softening in strawberry fruit

    Ariel R. Vicente;María L. Costa;Gustavo A. Martínez;Alicia R. Chaves

  • Quality of heat-treated strawberry fruit during refrigerated storage

    Ariel R. Vicente;Gustavo A. Martı́nez;Pedro M. Civello;Alicia R. Chaves

  • Growth and ripening season effects on antioxidant capacity of strawberry cultivar Selva

    Ricardo M. Ferreyra;Sonia Zulma Viña;Alicia Mugridge;Alicia Raquel Chaves

  • Effect of ethephon and 6-benzylaminopurine on chlorophyll degrading enzymes and a peroxidase-linked chlorophyll bleaching during post-harvest senescence of broccoli (Brassica oleracea L.) at 20 °C

    María L. Costa;Pedro M. Civello;Alicia R. Chaves;Gustavo A. Martínez

  • 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) delays senescence, maintains quality and reduces browning of non-climacteric eggplant (Solanum melongena L.) fruit

    Juan F. Massolo;Analía Concellón;Alicia R. Chaves;Ariel R. Vicente;Ariel R. Vicente

  • Characterization and changes in polyphenol oxidase from eggplant fruit (Solanum melongena L.) during storage at low temperature.

    Analı́a Concellón;Marı́a C Añón;Alicia R Chaves

  • Influence of postharvest UV-C treatment on refrigerated storage of minimally processed broccoli (Brassica oleracea var.Italica)

    María Laura Lemoine;Pedro Marcos Civello;Gustavo A. Martínez;Alicia Raquel Chaves

  • Effect of blanching on the quality of Brussels sprouts (Brassica oleracea L. gemmifera DC) after frozen storage

    Daniela F. Olivera;Sonia Z. Viña;Claudio M. Marani;Ricardo M. Ferreyra

  • Effect of preharvest calcium applications on postharvest quality, softening and cell wall degradation of two blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum) varieties

    Pablo Angeletti;Hilda Castagnasso;Elisa Miceli;Laura Terminiello

  • Effect of low temperature storage on physical and physiological characteristics of eggplant fruit (Solanum melongena L.)

    A. Concellón;M.C. Añón;A.R. Chaves

  • Antioxidant responses in minimally processed celery during refrigerated storage

    Sonia Z. Viña;Alicia R. Chaves

  • Polyphenoloxidase activity from strawberry fruit (Fragaria × ananassa, Duch., cv Selva): characterisation and partial purification.

    María de los Angeles Serradell;Paula Adriana Rozenfeld;Gustavo Adolfo Martínez;Pedro Marcos Civello

  • Changes in red pepper antioxidants as affected by UV-C treatments and storage at chilling temperatures

    Maria Jose Andrade Cuvi;Ariel Roberto Vicente;Ariel Roberto Vicente;Analía Concellón;Alicia Raquel Chaves

  • Use of LED light for Brussels sprouts postharvest conservation

    Joaquín H. Hasperué;Luis M. Rodoni;Luciano M. Guardianelli;Alicia R. Chaves

  • Analysis of chlorothalonil and degradation products in soil and water by GC/MS and LC/MS

    Alicia Chaves;Damian Shea;David Danehower

  • Influence of combined hot air and UV-C treatment on the antioxidant system of minimally processed broccoli (Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica)

    Maria L. Lemoine;Alicia R. Chaves;Gustavo A. Martínez

  • Hot air treatment delays senescence and maintains quality of fresh-cut broccoli florets during refrigerated storage

    M. Laura Lemoine;Pedro Civello;Alicia Chaves;Gustavo Martínez

Frequent Co-Authors

Gustavo Martínez
Gustavo Martínez National University of La Plata
Carlos Guillermo Bartoli
Carlos Guillermo Bartoli National University of La Plata
María Cristina Añón
María Cristina Añón National University of La Plata
Juan José Guiamet
Juan José Guiamet National University of La Plata
Maria Alejandra Garcia
Maria Alejandra Garcia National University of La Plata
Noemí E. Zaritzky
Noemí E. Zaritzky National University of La Plata

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