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Wiley India Pvt Ltd Fruit And Vegetables Harvesting Handling And Storage 2nd Edition by Thompson Keith
About the Book: Fruit and Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling and Storage: 2nd EditionThe second edition of this very well-received book, which in its first edition was entitled Postharvest Technology of Fruits and Vegetables, has been welcomed by the community of postharvest physiologists and technologists who found the first edition of such great use The book covers, in comprehensive detail, postharvest physiology as it applies to postharvest quality, technology relating to maturity determination, harvesting, packaging, postharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening and transportation on a very wide international range of fruits and vegetablesContentsPrefaceAcknowledgements1 Preharvest Factors on Postharvest Life2 Assessment of Crop Maturity3 Harvesting and Handling Methods4 Precooling5 Packaging6 Postharvest Treatments7 Storage8 Disease Control9 Safety10 Fruit Ripening Conditions11 Marketing and Transport12 Postharvest Technology of Fruits and VegetablesAppendicesReferencesIndex