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Fruit and vegetables: harvesting, handling, and storage

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The 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 vegetables. The new edition of this definitive work, which contains many full colour photographs, provides key practical and commercially-oriented information of great use in helping to ensure that fruit and vegetables reach the retailer in optimum condition, with the minimum of loss and spoilage. Fruits and vegetables, 2nd edition is essential reading forfruit 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 and taught should have copies readily available for users. A. K. Thompson was formerly Professor and head of Postharvest Technology, Silsoe College, UK.

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Series Title

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Call Number

[ITP-LIB-17]

Publisher

enk : Blackwell Pub.., 2003

Collation

xiii, 460 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.

Language

English

ISBN/ISSN

9781405106191

Classification

SB360 .T45 2003

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Edition

2nd ed.

Subject(s)

Fruit
Vegetables

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