Dr Steven Underhill
Principal Research Fellow
Centre for Horticultural Science
Journal Articles
Lomavatu, Mereia Fong, Coates, Lindy M., Cooke, Anthony W., Mitchell, Roger W. and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2024). Postharvest diseases of mangoes in Fiji. New Zealand Journal of Crop and Horticultural Science, 52 (4), 421-440. doi: 10.1080/01140671.2024.2320868
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2023). Total flavonoid contents and the expression of flavonoid biosynthetic genes in breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) scions growing on lakoocha (Artocarpus lakoocha) rootstocks. Plants, 12 (18) 3285, 1-13. doi: 10.3390/plants12183285
Underhill, Steven J. R., Patolo, Soane, Molimau-Samasoni, Seeseei, Kumar, Salesh and Burkhart, Sarah (2023). Farmer and market vendor perceptions of COVID-19 impacts on horticultural fresh food systems in Tonga, Fiji, and Samoa. Agriculture and Food Security, 12 (1) 1, 1-18. doi: 10.1186/s40066-023-00406-8
Burkhart, Sarah, Hayman, Ann, Lam, Fiasili, Jones, Breanna, Horsey, Bridget, Craven, Dana and Underhill, Steven (2023). School food programmes in the Pacific Islands: exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments. Public Health Nutrition, 26 (2), 455-466. doi: 10.1017/s1368980022001951
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2022). Characterisation of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) plants growing on lakoocha (A. lakoocha) rootstocks. Horticulturae, 8 (10) 916, 1-12. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae8100916
Horsey, Bridget, Taylor, Jane, Hayman, Ann, Underhill, Steven and Burkhart, Sarah (2022). Food literacy in Pacific Island countries: a scoping review protocol. JBI Evidence Synthesis, 20 (6), 1545-1552. doi: 10.11124/JBIES-21-00237
Burkhart, Sarah, Underhill, Steven and Raneri, Jessica (2022). Realizing the potential of neglected and underutilized bananas in improving diets for nutrition and health outcomes in the Pacific Islands. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 6 805776, 1-9. doi: 10.3389/fsufs.2022.805776
Burkhart, Sarah, Singh, Pragya, Raneri, Jessica E., Hayman, Ann, Katz, Sefano, Matairakula, Ulamila, Mackay, Clarissa, Horsey, Bridget, Underhill, Steven, Kama, Ateca, Maelaua, Josephine, Demei, Brynn, Mitchell, Arlene, Nyangmi, Mamta Gurung, Taawetia, Tebwaatoki, Tekatu, Tabera and Hunter, Danny (2022). Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands. The Lancet Regional Health - Western Pacific, 18 100338, 100338. doi: 10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100338
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2021). Differential transcription pathways associated with rootstock-induced dwarfing in breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) scions. BMC Plant Biology, 21 (1) 261, 261. doi: 10.1186/s12870-021-03013-6
Underhill, Steven J. R., Patolo, Soane, Zhou, Yuchan and Burkhart, Sarah (2020). The agriculture–nutrition–income Nexus in Tonga: is postharvest loss undermining horticulture market efficiency in Tonga?. Horticulturae, 6 (4) 61, 1-17. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae6040061
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2020). Expression of Gibberellin metabolism genes and signalling components in dwarf phenotype of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) plants growing on Marang (Artocarpus odoratissimus) rootstocks. Plants, 9 (5) 634, 634. doi: 10.3390/plants9050634
Bottcher, Charis, Underhill, Steven J. R., Aliakbari, Judith and Burkhart, Sarah J. (2020). Food access and availability in Auki, Solomon Islands. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition, 16 (6), 1-19. doi: 10.1080/19320248.2020.1739586
Kumar, Salesh and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2019). Smallholder farmer perceptions of postharvest loss and its determinants in Fijian tomato value chains. Horticulturae, 5 (4) 74, 74. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae5040074
Bottcher, Charis, Underhill, Steven J.R., Aliakbari, Judith and Burkhart, Sarah J. (2019). Food purchasing behaviors of a remote and rural adult Solomon Islander population. Foods, 8 (10) 464, 464. doi: 10.3390/foods8100464
Horsey, Bridget, Swanepoel, Libby, Underhill, Steven, Aliakbari, Judith and Burkhart, Sarah (2019). Dietary diversity of an adult Solomon Islands population. Nutrients, 11 (7) 1622, 1622. doi: 10.3390/nu11071622
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2019). A Dwarf Phenotype Identified in Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Plants Growing on Marang (A. odoratissimus) Rootstocks. Horticulturae, 5 (2) 40, 40. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae5020040
Underhill, Steven Jon Rees, Joshua, Leeroy and Zhou, Yuchan (2019). A preliminary assessment of horticultural postharvest market loss in the Solomon islands. Horticulturae, 5 (1) 5, 5. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae5010005
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2018). Plasma membrane H -ATPase activity and graft success of breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) onto interspecific rootstocks of marang (A. odoratissimus) and pedalai (A. sericicarpus). Plant Biology, 20 (6), 978-985. doi: 10.1111/plb.12879
Underhill, Steven J. R., Zhou, Yuchan, Sherzad, Shukrullah, Singh-Peterson, Lila and Tagoai, Semua Militini (2017). Horticultural postharvest loss in municipal fruit and vegetable markets in Samoa. Food Security, 9 (6), 1373-1383. doi: 10.1007/s12571-017-0734-7
McKenzie, Tara J., Singh-Peterson, Lila and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2017). Quantifying postharvest loss and the implication of market-based decisions: a case study of two commercial domestic tomato supply chains in Queensland, Australia. Horticulturae, 3 (3) 44, 44. doi: 10.3390/horticulturae3030044
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven (2017). Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) DELLA genes: gibberellin-regulated stem elongation and response to high salinity and drought. Plant Growth Regulation, 83 (3), 375-383. doi: 10.1007/s10725-017-0302-3
Underhill, Steven J. R. and Singh-Peterson, Lila (2017). Improving non-communicable disease remediation outcomes in Tonga: the importance of domestic fruit production systems: an analysis. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics, 118 (1), 91-103.
Underhill, Steven J. R., Zhou, Yuchan and Kumar, Salesh (2017). Infrared thermal imaging: a practical educational tool to improve smallholder farmer postharvest practice in Fiji. Journal of Agricultural and Food Information, 18 (2), 75-78. doi: 10.1080/10496505.2016.1275647
Singh-Peterson, Lila and Underhill, Steven J. R (2016). A multi-scalar, mixed methods framework for assessing rural communities’ capacity for resilience, adaptation, and transformation. Community Development, 48 (1), 1-17. doi: 10.1080/15575330.2016.1250103
Singh-Peterson, Lila, Lieske, Scott, Underhill, Steven J. R. and Keys, Noni (2016). Food security, remoteness and consolidation of supermarket distribution centres: factors contributing to food pricing inequalities across Queensland, Australia. Australian Geographer, 47 (1), 89-102. doi: 10.1080/00049182.2015.1093700
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2016). Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) gibberellin 2-oxidase genes in stem elongation and abiotic stress response. Plant Physiology and Biochemistry, 98, 81-88. doi: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2015.11.012
Zhou, Yuchan and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2015). Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) gibberellin 20-oxidase genes: sequence variants, stem elongation and abiotic stress response. Tree Genetics and Genomes, 11 (84) 84, 1-13. doi: 10.1007/s11295-015-0909-3
Underhill, S. J. R and Kumar, S. (2015). Quantifying postharvest losses along a commercial tomato supply chain in Fiji: a case study. Journal of Applied Horticulture, 17 (3), 199-204.
Zhou, Yuchan, Pan, Xiaoping, Qu, Hongxia and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2014). Tonoplast lipid composition and proton pump of pineapple fruit during low-temperature storage and blackheart development. Journal of Membrane Biology, 247 (5), 429-439. doi: 10.1007/s00232-014-9650-3
Zhou, Yuchan, Pan, Xiaoping, Qu, Hongxia and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2014). Low temperature alters plasma membrane lipid composition and ATPase activity of pineapple fruit during blackheart development. Journal of Bioenergetics and Biomembranes, 46 (1), 59-69. doi: 10.1007/s10863-013-9538-4
Underhill, Steven J. R. and Kumar, Salesh (2014). Quantifying horticulture postharvest wastage in three municipal fruit and vegetable markets in Fiji. International Journal of Postharvest Technology and Innovation, 4 (2-4), 251-261. doi: 10.1504/IJPTI.2014.068740
Zhou, Yuchan, Taylor, Mary B. and Underhill, Steven J. R. (2014). Dwarfing of Breadfruit (Artocarpus altilis) Trees: Opportunities and Challenges. American Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 4 (12), 1743-1763.
Zhou, Yuchan, O'Hare Tim J., Jobin-Decor, Marcelle, Underhill, Steven, J. R., Wills, Ron B. H. and Graham, Michael W. (2003). Transcriptional regulation of a pineapple polyphenol oxidase gene and its relationship to blackheart. Plant Biotechnology Journal, 1 (6), 463-478. doi: 10.1046/j.1467-7652.2003.00042.x
Zhou, YC, Dahler, JM, Underhill, SJR and Wills, RBH (2003). Enzymes associated with blackheart development in pineapple fruit. FOOD CHEMISTRY, 80 (4), 565-572. doi: 10.1016/S0308-8146(02)00375-8
O'Hare, T. J., Bally, I. S. E., Dahler, J. M., Saks, Y. and Underhill, S. J. R. (1999). Characterisation and induction of 'etch' browning in the skin of mango fruit. Postharvest Biology And Technology, 16 (3), 269-277. doi: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00030-7
Underhill, SJ, Dahler, JM, McLauchlan, RL and Barker, LR (1999). Susceptibility of 'Lisbon' and 'Eureka' lemons to chilling injury. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE, 39 (6), 757-760. doi: 10.1071/EA97092
Underhill, S. J. R., Mclauchlan, R. L., Dahler, J. M. and Bertram, J. (1998). Flavedo and albedo changes in 'Eureka' lemons caused by static compression and impact loading. Journal of Texture Studies, 29 (4), 437-452. doi: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.1998.tb00815.x
Tyas, JA, Hofman, PJ, Underhill, SJR and Bell, KL (1998). Fruit canopy position and panicle bagging affects yield and quality of 'Tai So' lychee. SCIENTIA HORTICULTURAE, 72 (3-4), 203-213. doi: 10.1016/S0304-4238(97)00125-8
McLauchlan, R. L., Underhill, S. J., Dahler, J. M. and Giles, J. E. (1997). Hot water dipping and low temperature storage of 'Eureka' lemons. Australian Journal of Experimental Agriculture, 37 (2), 249-252. doi: 10.1071/EA96051
Underhill, S. J., McLauchlan, R. L. and Eaks, I. L. (1995). Eureka lemon chilling injury. Hortscience, 30 (2), 309-312.
UNDERHILL, SJR and CRITCHLEY, C (1995). CELLULAR-LOCALIZATION OF POLYPHENOL OXIDASE AND PEROXIDASE-ACTIVITY IN LITCHI-CHINENSIS SONN PERICARP. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF PLANT PHYSIOLOGY, 22 (4), 627-632. doi: 10.1071/PP9950627
UNDERHILL, S and CRITCHLEY, C (1994). ANTHOCYANIN DECOLORISATION AND ITS ROLE IN LYCHEE PERICARP BROWNING. AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL AGRICULTURE, 34 (1), 115-122. doi: 10.1071/EA9940115
Underhill, S. J. R. and Simons, D. H. (1993). Lychee (Litchi chinensis Sonn.) pericarp desiccation and the importance of postharvest micro-cracking. Scientia Horticulturae, 54 (4), 287-294. doi: 10.1016/0304-4238(93)90107-2
UNDERHILL, SJR and CRITCHLEY, C (1993). LYCHEE PERICARP BROWNING CAUSED BY HEAT INJURY. HORTSCIENCE, 28 (7), 721-722.
UNDERHILL, SJR and CRITCHLEY, C (1993). PHYSIOLOGICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND ANATOMICAL CHANGES IN LYCHEE (LITCHI-CHINENSIS SONN) PERICARP DURING STORAGE. JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, 68 (3), 327-335. doi: 10.1080/00221589.1993.11516358
UNDERHILL, SJR and CRITCHLEY, C (1992). THE PHYSIOLOGY AND ANATOMY OF IYCHEE (LITCHI-CHINENSIS SONN) PERICARP DURING FRUIT-DEVELOPMENT. JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, 67 (4), 437-444. doi: 10.1080/00221589.1992.11516269
Conference Papers
Underhill, S. J.R., Kumar, S., Joshua, L., Patolo, S., Molimau-Samasoni, S. and Burkhart, S. (2023). Postharvest handling practice in the South Pacific and its implications on local food systems. XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Postharvest Technologies to Reduce Food Losses, Angers, France, 14-20 August 2022. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1364.36
Underhill, S. J. R (2016). Using infrared thermal imaging to improve ambient postharvest temperature management in smallholder farms in Fiji and the Solomon Islands. XXIX International Horticultural Congress on Horticulture: Sustaining Lives, Livelihoods and Landscapes (IHC2014): International Symposium on Horticulture in Developing Countries and World Food Production, Brisbane, Australia, 17 - 22 August 2014. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1128.49
Kumar, S. and Underhill, S. J. R. (2016). A preliminary assessment of tomato fruit susceptibility to in-transit damage in Fiji. International Symposia on Postharvest Knowledge for the Future and Consumer and Sensory Driven Improvements to Fruits and Nuts, Brisbane Australia, 17- 22 August 2014. Budapest Hungary: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2016.1120.65
Underhill, S.J.R (2013). Developing horticultural quality management systems in Fiji. Southeast Asia Symposium on Quality Management in Postharvest Systems and Asia Pacific Symposium on Postharvest Quality Management of Root and Tuber Crops, Bangkok, Thailand, 21-24 February 2012. Leuven, Belgium: ISHS.
Underhill, S. J.R. (2013). Improving the effectiveness of small-holder farm postharvest practices in fiji. II Asia Pacific Symposium on Postharvest Research Education and Extension (APS2012), Yogyakarta, Indonesia, 18-20 September 2012. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1011.3
Underhill, S. J. R., Stringer, R., Bryceson, K., Prasad, B. C. and Shearer, D. (2011). The Pacific Agribusiness Research for Development Initiative (PARDI): A novel approach to horticultural development in the Pacific. XXVIII International Horticultural Congress (IHC2010), Lisbon Portugal, 22-28 August 2010. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2011.921.1
Dahler, JM, Underhill, SJ, Zhou, Y and Giles, JE (2002). Biochemical changes associated with chilling in pineapple fruit. International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, CAIRNS AUSTRALIA, NOV 26-DEC 01, 2000. LEUVEN 1: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, PO BOX 500, 3001 LEUVEN 1, BELGIUM. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.71
Zhou, Yuchan, Jobin-Decor, Marcelle, Dahler, Janelle, Wills, Ron, Underhill, Steven and Graham, Michael W. (2002). Optimising transient assays for studying the regulation of PPO gene expression in pineapple blackheart. International Symposium on Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Cairns, QLD, Australia, 26 November-1 December 2002. Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2002.575.70
Graham, M., Ko, L., Hardy, V., Robinson, S., Sawyer, B., O'Hare, T., Jobin, M., Dahler, J., Underhill, S. and Smith, M. (2000). The development of blackheart resistant pineapples through genetic engineering. 3rd International Pineapple Symposium, Pattaya Thailand, 17-20 November 1998. LEUVEN 1: INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE. doi: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2000.529.15
UNDERHILL, SJR and WONG, LS (1990). A MATURITY STANDARD FOR LYCHEE (LITCHI-CHINENSIS SONN). SYMP ON TROPICAL FRUIT INTERNATIONAL TRADE, HONOLULU HI, JUN 04-09, 1989. INT SOC HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE, ENGLAAN 1, 6703 ET WAGENINGEN, NETHERLANDS.