Siddiq / Aleid / Kader Dates

Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Health Benefits
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-118-29244-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 328 Seiten, E-Book

Dates are an important fruit, especially in many African,Middle-Eastern and Asian countries. In recent years this fruit hasgained significant importance in terms of global commerce. Duringthe period 1990-2009, global production of dates saw anincrease of 219% and this trend is expected to continue as per FAOprojections. Some of the major challenges confronting date fruitproduction and commerce are issues related to postharvest handlingtechnologies, use of appropriate processing and packagingtechnologies, food safety aspects and quality assurance.
Dates: Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and HealthBenefits provides contemporary information that brings togethercurrent knowledge and practices in the value chain of dates, fromproduction through to consumption. The important book published byWiley Blackwell features coverage from leading experts oninnovative processing technologies, packaging, quality managementand pest control for dates. It is the only book to address thescience and technology of the postharvest production of dates, acommercially important and growing sector of the food industry.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Siddiq, Muhammad

Aleid, Salah M.

Kader, Adel A.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface vii
Obituary: Professor Adel A. Kader ix
List of Contributors xi
1 Overview of Date Fruit Production, Postharvest handling, Processing, and Nutrition 1
Muhammad Siddiq and Ibrahim Greiby
2 Date Palm: Production 29
Abdullah A. Jaradat
3 Biology and Postharvest Physiology of Date Fruit 57
Maria Gloria Lobo, Elhadi M. Yahia, and Adel A. Kader
4 Insect Pests of Stored Dates and Their Management 81
Mahmoud Abo-El-Saad and Hamadttu El-Shafie
5 Harvesting and Postharvest Technology of Dates 105
Elhadi M. Yahia, Maria Gloria Lobo, and Adel A. Kader
6 Packaging Technologies for Dates and Date Products 137
Vanee Chonhenchob, Koushik Saha, Sher Paul Singh, and Muhammad Siddiq
7 Physical and Structural Characteristics of Dates 157
Mohammad Shafiur Rahman
8 Date Fruit Processing and Processed Products 171
Salah M. Aleid
9 Innovative Processing Technologies for Processing Dates 203
Salah M. Aleid
10 Value-added Utilization of Dates By-products 233
Huthail Najib and Yousef M. Al-Yousef
11 Date Fruit Composition and Nutrition 261
Jasim Ahmed, Fahad M. Al-Jasass, and Muhammad Siddiq
12 Bioactive Compounds, Nutritional and Functional Properties of Date Fruit 285
Praveen K. Vayalil
Index 305

Über Autor(innen)

The Editors:
Dr Muhammad Siddiq, Associate Professor, Department of FoodScience & Human Nutrition , Michigan State University, EastLansing, USA (Currently: Food Science Consultant, Windsor, Ontario,Canada)
Dr Salah M. Aleid, Director, Date Palm Research Center ofExcellence, King Faisa University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia
Dr Adel A. Kader (1941-2012), Professor Emeritus,Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis,USA