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Beskrivning
Advances in Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology examines how changes in community attitudes and associated pressures on industry are demanding changes in the way technology is used to minimize postharvest loss and maintain product quality. In particular, the book discusses important drivers for change, including:Using more natural chemicals
"Exceptionally informed and informative, impressively well written, organized and presented, "Advances in Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology" is an ideal textbook on the subject, as well as a critically and immensely important addition to professional, college, and university library Agricultural Sciences collections and supplemental studies reading lists."-Carl Logan, Reviewer's Bookwatch: August 2018Also available at http://www.midwestbookreview.com
Innehållsförteckning
Advances in understanding consumer behavior. Managing preharvest operations for postharvest quality. Non-destructive quality assessment. Advances in CA/MA storage technology. Advances in use of 1-MCP. Advances in edible coatings. Low ethylene technology in non-optimal storage temperatures. Potential new postharvest treatments. Potential of NO as a postharvest technology. 'Omics' solutions to postharvest problems. Biological control of postharvest diseases. Physical and chemical control of postharvest diseases. Technologies to manage flavor and phytochemicals. Developments in maintaining fresh-cut quality. New technologies for market access. Organic postharvest technology. Advances in engineering and energy use. Modeling postharvest quality.