Postharvest technology of perishable horticultural commodities /

Postharvest Technology of Perishable Horticultural Commodities describes all the postharvest techniques and technologies available to handle perishable horticultural food commodities. It includes basic concepts and important new advances in the subject. Adopting a thematic style, chapters are organi...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	ScienceDirect (Online service)
Other Authors:	Yahia, Elhadi M. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Duxford, United Kingdom : Woodhead Publishing, [2019]
Edition:	First edition.
Subjects:	Horticultural products > Postharvest technology. Fruit > Postharvest technology. Vegetables > Postharvest technology. Produits horticoles > Technologie après récolte. Fruits > Technologie après récolte. Légumes > Technologie après récolte. Fruit > Postharvest technology Vegetables > Postharvest technology Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

Table of Contents:

1. Introduction / Elhadi M. Yahia
2. Postharvest losses and waste / Elhadi M. Yahia, Jorge M. Fonseca and Lisa Kitinoja
3. Classification of horticultural commodities / Elhadi M. Yahia
4. Preharvest factors affecting postharvest quality / Elhadi M. Yahia, Alfonso Gardea-Béjar, José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz, Irma O. Maya-Meraz, Maria J. Rodríguez-Roque Claudio Rios-Velasco, Juan Ornelas-Paz and Miguel A. Salas-Marina
5. Harvesting of horticultural commodities / Mustafa Erkan and Adem Dogan
6. Precooling / Atef Mohamed Elansari, Donald L. Fenton and Christopher W. Callahan
7. Refrigeration / Donald L. Fenton, Christopher W. Callahan and Atef Mohamed Elansari
8. Psychrometrics / Christopher W. Callahan, Atef Mohamed Elansari and Donald L. Fenton
9. Packing operations / Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Jeffrey K. Brecht and Elhadi M. Yahia
10. Minimal processing / G.R. Velderrain-Rodríguez, G.m. López-Gámez, J. Abraham Domínguez-Avila, G.A. González-Aguilar, R. Soliva-Fortuny, J.F. Ayala-Zavala
11. Packaging / Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Z.A. Nur Hanani and B. Jamilah
12. Storage systems / Atef Mohamed Elansari, Elhadi M. Yahia and Wasim Siddiqui
13. Controlled atmosphere storage / Elhadi M. Yahia, Livio Fadanelli, Pierluigi Mattè and Jeffrey K. Brecht
14. Ethylene technology / Jeffrey K. Brecht
15. Physiological disorders and their control / Elhadi M. Yahia, Armando Carrillo-López and Adriana Sañudo
16. Postharvest insects and their control / Elhadi M. Yahia, Lisa G. Neven and Robert W. Jones
17. Irradiation of fruits and vegetables / Anuradha Prakash and José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz
18 Temperature-controlled transport for air, land, and sea / Patrick E. Brecht, Jeffrey K. Brecht and Jorge E. Saenz
19. Utilization and management of horticultural waste / M.G. Lobo and E. Dorta
20. Analysis and control systems in postharvest operations / Livio Fadanelli, Pierluigi Mattè and Elhadi M. Yahia
21. Biotechnology of horticultural commodities / Verónica-Alhelí Ochoa-Jiménez, Julio-César Tafolla-Arellano, Guillermo Berumen-Varela and Martín-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández
22. General recommendations / Elhadi M. Yahia.