Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology, Volume 3 Perishables

by Rees, Debbie; Farrell, Graham; Orchard, John

• ISBN13: 9780632057252
• ISBN10: 0632057254
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2012-03-26
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell

Summary

This major 3-volume work covers all aspects of factors affecting post-harvest quality of fruits, vegetables, cereals and other major crops. An editorial board, based at NRI Chatham will draw together a team of international authors providing the most comprehensive work published on the subject. As the major reference work in the area, these volumes, which will be the standard works on the subject for many years to come should appear on the shelves of all those working in the area, studying or teaching the subject.

Author Biography

Debbie Rees and John Orchard are based at the Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich, U.K. Graham Farrell is a technical writer and editor specialising in plant health and analysis.

Table of Contents

Contributors	p. x
Introduction	p. 1
Perishable plant products	p. 1
Fruits	p. 1
Nutritional quality of perishable plant produce	p. 2
Post-harvest technology and the expansion of international trade in high-values perishables	p. 2
Post-harvest technology, food supply and income generations in developing economies	p. 3
Tomatoes	p. 5
Introduction	p. 5
Post-harvest physiology and fruit quality	p. 5
Post-harvest practices and problems	p. 12
Future challenges or developments	p. 17
Bananas (Musa spp.)	p. 24
Introduction	p. 24
Post-harvest physiology and management of bananas	p. 25
Conclusions	p. 38
Citrus	p. 43
Introduction	p. 43
Physiology of citrus fruits	p. 45
Physiology disorders	p. 48
Citrus post-harvest diseases	p. 49
Minor decays	p. 69
Disease control	p. 69
Citrus handling practices	p. 72
Food safety	p. 77
Summary	p. 78
Apples	p. 88
Apple fruit anatomy	p. 89
Apple physiology, maturity and ripening	p. 91
Nutritional value and human health	p. 95
Pre-harvest factors affecting storage	p. 95
The effect of varieties and rootstock on quality and post-harvest storage	p. 97
Storage and handling	p. 97
Apple trends and conclusions	p. 102
Mango	p. 108
Introduction	p. 108
Maturity indices	p. 109
Changes during ripening	p. 111
Ripening conditions	p. 115
Post-harvest handling and storage	p. 116
Post-harvest disorders	p. 122
Post-harvest insect pest disinfestation	p. 126
Post-harvest diseases	p. 129
Future research	p. 132
Pineapple	p. 143
Introduction	p. 143
Fruit composition	p. 143
Fruit development and physiology	p. 144
Post-harvest handling	p. 145
Post-harvest diseases and disorders	p. 147
Avocado	p. 159
Introduction	p. 159
Fruit development	p. 161
Compositional changes during fruit development, and the nutritional and health value of avocadeo fruit	p. 162
Quality components and indices	p. 164
Major causes of post-harvest losses	p. 164
Physiological disorders and their control	p. 165
Diseases	p. 166
Insect pests	p. 169
Quarantine treatments	p. 170
Maturity and harvesting indices	p. 171
Harvesting	p. 172
Post-harvest handling	p. 173
Packing and packaging	p. 173
Cooling and storage	p. 174
Pre-storage treatments	p. 175
Modified (MA) and controlled atmospheres (CA)	p. 175
Ripening	p. 178
Irradiation	p. 179
Grapes	p. 187
Introduction, botany, cultivation and product statistics	p. 188
Morphology and physiology	p. 188
Post-harvest technology for wine and juice grapes	p. 193
Post-harvest technology for dried grapes	p. 195
Post-harvest technology for table grapes	p. 197
Stone Fruit	p. 212
Introduction	p. 212
Stone fruit physiology	p. 213
Peach and nectarine post-harvest handling systems	p. 213
Plum post-harvest handling systems	p. 220
Soft Fruit	p. 226
Origins and economic importance	p. 226
General fruit anatomy	p. 226
Fruit development	p. 227
Fruit ripering	p. 228
Post-harvest handling	p. 231
Selective gaseous atmosphere storage	p. 232
Post-harvest disease	p. 235
Genetic transformation	p. 240
Conclusion	p. 241
Kiwifruit, Guava, Passion Fruit and Lychee	p. 247
Kiwifruit	p. 247
Guava	p. 250
Passion fruit	p. 252
Lychee	p. 253
Prickly Pear Fruit and Cladodes	p. 264
Introduction	p. 264
Harvestable plant parts	p. 265
Post-harvest physiology	p. 271
Physiological disorders	p. 271
Diseases and rots	p. 271
Insect pests	p. 272
Physical damage	p. 272
Quality characteristics and criteria	p. 272
Packaging	p. 273
Modified (MA) and controlled atmosphere (CA)	p. 273
Fresh-cut	p. 280
Summary	p. 280
Cucurbits	p. 286
Introduction to the cultivated cucrubits	p. 286
Post-harvest physiology of cucurbits	p. 295
Post-harvest handling	p. 304
Herbs, Spices and Flavourings	p. 317
Consumption and marketing trends	p. 318
Post-harvest issues in herbs and spices	p. 318
Post-harvest losses	p. 331
Potatoes	p. 334
Introduction	p. 334
Post-harvest physiology	p. 334
Tuber storage diseases and disease prevention	p. 339
Major post-harvest pests and diseases	p. 339
Tuber storange	p. 344
Post-harvest handling of potatoes	p. 349
Onions, Shallots and Garlic	p. 360
Introduction	p. 360
Trade in onions, shallots and garlic	p. 361
Historical reviews and key findings	p. 365
Onion anatomy and physiology from a storage viewpoint	p. 366
Garlic anatomy and physiology	p. 367
Factors affecting the post-harvest performance of onions and garlic	p. 367
Harvesting techniques	p. 369
Curing	p. 370
Onion storage in cool climates: technical advances and current recommendations	p. 370
Garlic harvesting, curing and storage	p. 371
The physics of onion and garlic storage: influences of temperature and relative humidity	p. 372
Chemical constituents of onions, shallots and garlic	p. 377
Garlic storage experiments	p. 379
Diversity of storage methods	p. 379
Technology of onion storage	p. 380
Onion pest and disease problems in storage and during transport	p. 381
Garlic pathogens and pests in storage	p. 384
Long-distance transport by ship	p. 384
Marketing onions and garlic to consumers	p. 384
Waster disposal	p. 385
Tropical Root Crops	p. 392
Introduction	p. 392
Post-harvest physiology of fresh root crops	p. 394
Botany and physiology of cassava	p. 394
Botany and physiology of sweet potato	p. 396
Botany and physiology of yam	p. 399
Storage, handling and processing of cassava	p. 402
Storage handling and processing of sweet potato	p. 404
Pests and diseases of sweet potato	p. 406
Storage, handling and processing of yams	p. 407
Cut Flowers	p. 414
Biology	p. 414
Post-harvest handling practices	p. 420
Marketing and consumption	p. 429
Presercation	p. 431
Conclusion	p. 432
Index	p. 439
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