Postharvest biology and technology for preserving fruit quality
The book chronicles the changes in postharvest technology during the past three decades, highlighting the advances made possible through a deeper understanding of the postharvest physiology of raw produce. It focuses on how to maintain both sensorial and nutritional fruit quality parameters while al...
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Boca Raton, Florida :
CRC Press ,
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction and overview
- 2. Fruit ripening
- 3. Changes in fruit quality attributes during handling, processing, and storage
- 4. Cold storage and fruit quality
- 5. Heat treatments
- 6. Calcium treatments
- 7. Polyamine treatments
- 8. 1-methylcyclopropene treatments
- 9. Storage in modified atmosphere packaging
- 10. Active packaging
- 11. Emerging technologies