**4. Conclusion**

The application of phytohormones, growth regulators, and calcium to fruit in preand post-harvest is an important alternative to preserve the shelf life of fruit due to the diversity of physiological responses that they induce in the fruit (see **Table 1**).


**Table 1.**

*Physiological responses of fruit to the application of phytohormones, growth regulators, and calcium in pre- and post-harvest.*

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