Postharvest biology and technology of horticultural crops : principles and practices for quality maintenance / edited by Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui, PhD.

By:

Siddiqui, Mohammed Wasim

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[author,, editor.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: Postharvest biology and technology book series | Postharvest biology and technology book seriesPublication details: Oakville, ON : AAP, Apple Academic Press, ©2015.Description: xx, 550 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:

9781771880862 (hbk.) :

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Additional physical formats: ebook version:: No titleDDC classification:

635.046 23 SID

Also published electronically.

Contents:

1: Factors Affecting the Quality of Fruits and Vegetables: Recent Understandings; 2: Advances in Nondestructive Quality Measurement of Fruits and Vegetables; 3: Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Postharvest Quality Improvement of Fruits; 4: Advances in Conventional Breeding Approaches for Postharvest Quality Improvement in Vegetables; 5: Advances in Storage of Fruits and Vegetables for Quality Maintenance. 6: Active and Smart Packaging Film for Food and Postharvest Treatment 7: Advances in Postharvest Diseases Management in Fruits; 8: Integrated Postharvest Pest Management in Fruits and Vegetables; 9: Flower Senescence; 10: Postharvest Management of Fresh Cut Flowers; 11: Postharvest Management of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants; 12: Postharvest Management of Spice Crops; 13: Biotechnological Approaches to Improve Postharvest Quality of Fruits and Vegetables; 14: Advances in Postharvest Disease Control in Vegetables.

Summary: The ultimate goal of crop production is to provide quality produce to consumers at reasonable rates. Most fresh produce is highly perishable, and postharvest losses are significant under the present methods of management in many countries. However, significant achievements have been made during the last few years to curtail postharvest losses in fresh produce and to ensure food security and safety as well. These include advancements in breeding horticultural crops for quality improvement; postharvest physiology; postharvest pathology and entomology; postharvest management of fruits, vegetables.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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The ultimate goal of crop production is to provide quality produce to consumers at reasonable rates. Most fresh produce is highly perishable, and postharvest losses are significant under the present methods of management in many countries. However, significant achievements have been made during the last few years to curtail postharvest losses in fresh produce and to ensure food security and safety as well. These include advancements in breeding horticultural crops for quality improvement; postharvest physiology; postharvest pathology and entomology; postharvest management of fruits, vegetables.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Also published electronically.

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