Abstract
This review addresses the effects and physiological disturbances caused by cold in tropical and subtropical fruits focusing on the use of technologies to delay postharvest injuries. Cold injury promotes physiological and biochemical disturbances in fruits when exposed to temperatures below the critical point. There are several studies addressing the injuries caused by chilling in fruits, however, studies reporting the effects of low temperature with Cerrado fruits are incipient. Some species have sensitivity to refrigeration and may be subject to various metabolic changes and consequently nutritional and market value losses. However, there are some techniques that can mitigate cold injury in tropical and subtropical fruits. Technologies such as the use of smartphone applications, ultrasound, as well as phenylalanine, glycine betaine applications for the purpose of assessing and minimizing cold injuries, provide new perspectives for postharvest use in assessing cold damage.