Vol. 9, Issue 5, Part I (2025)

Favored for their brilliant color, delicious flavor and high nutritional content, strawberries (Fragaria × ananassa) are fragile and can quickly deteriorate when handled and stored after harvest. Strawberry, the perishable fruit, is prone to excessive-quality loss due to microbial deterioration and physical injury. Pre-harvest sprays play a crucial role in enhancing the shelf life of strawberry. Nutrient management has come to light as one of the many variables affecting post-harvest quality and can potentially improve fruit quality and increase shelf life. This thorough analysis explores the complex functions that three necessary nutrients iron (Fe), calcium (Ca) and zinc (Zn) have in determining what happens to strawberries after they are harvested. The potential of zinc, calcium and iron (Zn, Ca and Fe) in maximizing the storage conditions and maintaining fruit quality plays an important role. To improve the firmness, disease resistance and shelf life of strawberries it is important to apply pre-harvest nutrient application in a balanced way and also adapt suitable methods depending on particular growing conditions. These nutrients provide a variety of advantages that are carefully considered when developing post-harvest management techniques for strawberries. These benefits range from enhancing the antioxidant defences to strengthening cell walls and reducing pathogen growth. The study aims to provide producers and stakeholders with optimized practical insights to improve post-harvest quality and market competitiveness of the fruit strawberry.