Buch, Englisch, 572 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 158 mm, Gewicht: 872 g
Principles and Practices for Quality Maintenance
Buch, Englisch, 572 Seiten, Format (B × H): 233 mm x 158 mm, Gewicht: 872 g
Reihe: Postharvest Biology and Technology
ISBN: 978-1-77463-226-0
Verlag: Apple Academic Press Inc.
This new book, Postharvest Biology and Technology of Horticultural Crops: Principles and Practices for Quality Maintenance, describes the above-mentioned advancements in postharvest quality improvement of fresh horticultural produce. This book will be a standard reference work for postharvest management for the fresh produce industry. It presents important new advances that will extend the shelf life of fresh produce by retaining its safety and nutritional or sensory quality.
The book covers a multitude of topics, particularly advances in:
• Conventional breeding approaches for fruits and vegetables
• Storage of fruits and vegetables
• Postharvest treatment and smart packaging
• Management of pests and other postharvest diseases
• Postharvest management of fresh-cut flowers
• Management of medicinal and aromatic plants during postharvest
• Biotechnological methods for postharvest management
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Preface. Factors Affecting the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Recent Understandings. Advances in Non-Destructive Quality Measurement of Fruits and Vegetables. Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Postharvest Quality Improvement of Fruits. Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Post-Harvest Quality Improvement in Vegetables. Advances in Storage of Fruits and Vegetables for Quality Maintenance. Active and Smart Packaging Film for Food and Postharvest Treatment. Advances in Postharvest Diseases Management in Fruits. Integrated Postharvest Pest Management in Fruits and Vegetables. Flower Senescence. Postharvest Management of Fresh Cut Flowers. Postharvest Management of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. PostHarvest Management of Spice Crops. Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables. Advances in Postharvest Disease Control in Vegetables. Index.