Quality Assurance of Postharvest Stored Products
by Shannon Chapelle, K C Bose, Nicole Vogle
ISBN: 9781787159228
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Imprint : Kruger Brentt Publishers UK Ltd.
Year : 2025
Price : Rs. 269.00
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About The Book
KEY FEATURES
This book provides current technologies to enhance shelf life of fruits and vegetables and to maintain their quality during storage, packing and transportation.
It is written in a lucid style with theoretical and practical discussions and being supplemented with illustrations, and tables for easy understanding of the subject.
Provides appropriate approaches, technologies, and control parameters necessary to achieve shelf-life extension without compromising produce quality
The bo
Table of Contents
CONTENTS
Preface v
1. Introduction 1
?? Definition of the post-harvest system 1
?? Factors affecting postharvest quality 2
?? Genetic/variety 2
?? Cultural operations 3
?? Mineral nutrition 4
?? Pest and diseases 5
?? Post harvest factors affecting post harvest quality of fruits 5
?? Sorting and grading 7
?? Packaging and packaging materials 7
?? Storage 7
?? Transportation 8
?? Challenges in post-harvest management 9
?? Effects of post-harvest management 9
?? Importance of post-
