Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops - Volume 4 (Postharvest Treatment and Technology)

Description

This book has eleven chapters on: Application of Sensitive Trace Gas Detectors in Post-harvest Research; Radio Frequency Post-Harvest Quarantine and Phytosanitary Treatments to Control Insect Pest in Fruits and Nuts; Calcium, Polyamine and Gibberellin Treatments to Improve Postharvest Fruit Quality; Ionization of Fruits and Vegetables for Fresh Consumption - Effect on detoxication Enzymatic Systems and the Lipid Fraction; Treatments and Techniques to Minimise The Postharvest Losses of Perishable Food Crops; Strategies for the Regulation of Postharvest Fruit Softening by Changing Cell Wall Enzyme Activity; Posthavest Treatment of Fruits; Postharvest Treatments of Satsuma mandarin (Citrus unshiu Marc.) For the Improvement of Storage Life and Quality; Sprouting Radioinhibition: A Method to Extend the storage of Edible Garlic Bulbs; Postharvest Processing of Fruits and vegetables by Ionizing Radiation; Desinfestation of Fresh Horticultural commodities by Using Hot Forced Air With Controlled Atmospheres.