Advances in post-harvest treatments and fruit quality and safety
Nowadays there is a world-wide trend for a healthier styleof life, which has led to a rising demand of convenient fresh "ready to eat" fruits. In order to achieve their fresh-like quality and safety requirements, the industry needs to implement improved strategies by combining innovative e...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Hauppauge, New York :
Nova Science Publishers
c2011
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| Series: | Advances in food safety and food microbiology
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Table of Contents:
- 1. High hydrostatic pressure as a post-harvest treatment
- 2. Ionizing radiation as quarantine treatments in fruits
- 3. Post-harvest heat treatments in fruits
- 4. Post-harvest ultrasonic treatment in fruits
- 5. Edible coatings for fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables
- 6. Post-harvest applications of 1-methylcyclopropene in fruit-- 7. Nondestructive measurement of fruit quality by NIR spectroscopy
- 8. Color changes in fresh-cut fruits
- 9. Factors affecting fruit maturity
- 10. Effect of preharvest factors on post-harvest quality of fruit
- 11. Modified atmosphere packaging of fresh fruit
- 12. Impact of ultraviolet radiation on phytochemicals and microbial quality of fruits