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Title: Fruit and vegetables : harvesting, handling, and storage / A.K. Thompson.
Author: Thompson, A. K. (A. Keith) Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables. ; Thompson, A. K. (A. Keith)
Edition: 2nd ed.
Year: 2003.
Description: xiii, 460 p.,[8] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Subject: Postharvest treatment. ; Fruit. ; Vegetables. ; Postharvest technology. ; Harvesting. ; Packaging. ; Storage. ; Handling. ; Ripening.
Notes: Previous ed. published as: Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables. Oxford: Blackwell Science, 1996. Includes index.
Bibliography: p. 373-443.
ISBN/ISSN: 1405106190 (Hardback : alk. paper);
Type: Book
Abstract: 1. Preharvest factors on postharvest life -- 2. Assessment of crop maturity -- 3. Harvesting and handling methods -- 4. Precooling -- 5. Packaging -- 6. Postharvest treatments -- 7. Storage -- 8. Disease control -- 9. Safety -- 10. Fruit ripening conditions -- 11. Marketing and transport -- 12. Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables.
"Fruits and vegetables, 2nd edition is essential reading for fruit and vegetable technologists, food scientists and food technologists, agricultural scientists, commercial growers, shippers and warehousing operatives and personnel within packaging companies. Researchers and upper level students in food science, food technology, plant and agricultural sciences will find a great deal of use within this landmark book. All libraries in research establishments and universities where these subjects are studied
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