Production Practices and Quality Assessment of

Food Crops 4 Volumes:

Vol. 4: Postharvest Treatment and Technology

Editors : Ramdane Dris PhD. and S. Mohan Jain PhD.

Summary
Fresh fruits and vegetables are susceptible to a number of postharvest diseases and disorders. Postharvest operations are predominately aimed at maintaining the harvest quality. The challenge facing industries is to produce food of good quality with few chemical inputs as public concern increases over food safety, environmental issues and chemical resistance. This book has eleven chapters:

Contents:

• Application of Sensitive Trace Gas Detectors in Post-Harvest Research;
• Radio Frequency Post-Harvest Quarantine and Phytosanitary Treatments to Control Insect Pest in Fruits and Nuts;
• Calcium, Polyamine and Gibberellin Treatments to Improve Postharvest Fruit Quality;
• Ionization of Fruits and Vegetables for Fresh Consumption - Effect on Detoxication Enzymatic Systems and the Lipid Fraction;
• Treatments and Techniques to Minimise The Postharvest Losses of Perishable Food Crops;
• Strategies for the Regulation of Postharvest Fruit Softening by Changing Cell Wall Enzyme Activity;
• Posthavest Treatment of Fruits;
• Postharvest Treatments of Satsuma Mandarin (Citrus Unshiu Marc.) for the Improvement of Storage Life and Quality;
• Sprouting Radioinhibition: A Method to Extend the Storage of Edible Garlic Bulbs;
• Postharvest Processing of Fruits and Vegetables by Ionizing Radiation;
• Desinfestation of Fresh Horticultural Commodities by Using Hot Forced Air With Controlled Atmospheres.

This book will be especially useful to researchers engaged in post harvest research, the graduate and post-graduate students majoring in food sciences and researchers. If you wish to purchase the book or some chapters kindly contact Dr. Ramdane Dris.

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