Postharvest biology and technology of horticultural crops : principles and practices for quality maintenance / edited by Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui. - Oakville, ON, Canada ; Waretown, NJ, USA : Apple Academic Press, c2015. - xx, 550 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm - Postharvest biology and technology book series .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Factors affecting the quality of fruits and vegetables: recent understandings -- Advances in non-destructive quality measurement of fruits and vegetables -- Advances in conventional breeding approaches for postharvest quality improvement of fruits -- Advances in conventional breeding approaches for post-harvest quality improvement in vegetables -- Advances in storage of fruits and vegetables for quality maintenance -- Active and smart packaging film for food and postharvest treatment -- Advances in postharvest diseases management in fruits -- Integrated postharvest pest management in fruits and vegetables -- Flower senescence -- Post-harvest management of fresh cut flowers -- Post-harvest management of medicinal and aromatic plants -- Post-harvest management of spice crops -- Biotechnological approaches to improve postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables -- Advances in postharvest disease control in vegetables

9781771880862 (hardbound)

2015936645


Horticultural crops--Postharvest technology
Horticultural crops--Biotechnology

SB319.7 / P84 2015