Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops

by Dris, Ramdane; Mohan, Jain S.

• ISBN13: 9781402017001
• ISBN10: 1402017006
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Kluwer Academic Pub

Summary

This book covers various aspects of quality handling and assessment, including handling parameters, quality evaluation, CA and MAP storage conditions in a broad sense. It emphasises on developing better methods of monitoring quality and safety attributes of fresh produce as part of a quality assurance system and quality assessment and maintenance.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
List of Authors	ix
Enzymes and Quality Factors of Fruits and Vegetables	1	(26)
Pankaj Kumar Bhowmik
Ramdane Dris
Volatile Flavours in Strawberries: A Description of the Components, and How to Analyse Them	27	(28)
Randi Utre Holt
Methods to Evaluate the Antioxidant Activity	55	(18)
Volker Bohm
Karin Schlesier
Essential Oil Drugs -- Terpene Composition of Aromatic Herbs	73	(56)
Jens Rohloff
Integral Handling of Banana	129	(40)
Lourdes Yanez
Miguel Armenta
Efrain Mercado
Elhadi M. Yahia
Porfirio Guttierrez
Economics and Organisation of Horticultural Postharvest Production	169	(30)
Z. Kiss L.
J. Balint
M. Hollo
M. Juhasz
Handling Machinery and Damage Inflicted to the Product	199	(34)
F. Javier Garcia-Ramos
Constantino Valero
Margarita Ruiz-Altisent
Mechanical Damage During Fruit Post-Harvest Handling: Technical and Physiological Implications	233	(20)
Domingo Martinez-Romero
Maria Serrano
Angel Carbonell
Salvador Castillo
Fernando Riquelme
Daniel Valero
Harvest and Postharvest Conditions for Apples and Pears	253	(42)
Celia E. Benitez
Norma A. Pensel
Rapid Quality Evaluation Techniques of Horticultural Crops	295	(12)
Hidekazu Ito
Table Grape Postharvest Management and Safety Issues	307	(14)
Alfonso A. Gardea
Tania Carvallo
Bethzabet Sastre
Miguel A. Martinez-Tellez
Gloria M. Yepiz-Plascencia
Martha Diaz-Cinco
J. Antonio Orozco
Fruit Postharvest Technology: Instrumental Measurement of Ripeness and Quality	321	(20)
Pilar Barreiro
Margarita Ruiz-Altisent
Constantino Valero
Javier Garcia-Ramos
Developmental Changes During Strawberry Fruit Ripening and Physico-Chemical Changes During Postharvest Storage	341	(30)
Wilfried Schwab
Thomas Raab
Processing of Horticultural Crops in the Tropics	371	(30)
R. Madakadze
M. Masarirambi
E. Nyakudya
Quality Dynamics and Quality Assurance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Pre- and Postharvest	401	(50)
Susanne Huyskens-Keil
Monika Schreiner
Modification of Fruit Ripening by Genetic Transformation	451	(22)
Lech Michalczuk
Quality of Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaged (EMAP) Fresh-Cut Vegetables	473
Liesbeth Jacxsens
Frank Devlieghere
Johan Debevere