Production Practices and Quality Assessment of Food Crops Quality Handling and Evaluation /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dris, Ramdane (Editor), Jain, S. Mohan (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2004.
• Subjects: Life sciences.; Business.; Management science.; Chemistry.; Food > Biotechnology.; Nutrition.; Agriculture.; Life Sciences.; Food Science.; Business and Management, general.; Chemistry/Food Science, general.

Food quality is becoming an ever-increasing important feature for consumers and it is well known that some food crops are perishable and have a very short shelf and storage life. An effective quality assurance system throughout the handling steps between harvest and retail display is essential to pr...

Table of Contents:

• Enzymes and Quality Factors of Fruits and Vegetables
• Volatile Flavours in Strawberries: A Description of the Components, and How to Analyse Them
• Methods to Evaluate the Antioxidant Activity
• Essential Oil Drugs — Terpene Composition of Aromatic Herbs
• Integral Handling of Banana
• Economics and Organisation of Horticultural Postharvest Production
• Handling Machinery and Damage Inflicted to the Product
• Mechanical Damage During Fruit Post-Harvest Handling: Technical and Physiological Implications
• Harvest and Postharvest Conditions for Apples and Pears
• Rapid Quality Evaluation Techniques of Horticultural Crops
• Table Grape Postharvest Management and Safety Issues
• Fruit Postharvest Technology: Instrumental Measurement of Ripeness and Quality
• Developmental Changes During Strawberry Fruit Ripening and Physico-Chemical Changes During Postharvest Storage
• Processing of Horticultural Crops in the Tropics
• Quality Dynamics and Quality Assurance of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables in Pre- and Postharvest
• Modification of Fruit Ripening by Genetic Transformation
• Quality of Equilibrium Modified Atmosphere Packaged (EMAP) Fresh-Cut Vegetables.