Postharvest Biology and Technology of Temperate Fruits

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Mir, Shabir Ahmad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Shah, Manzoor Ahmad (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Mir, Mohammad Maqbool (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Food-Biotechnology.; Plant science.; Botany.; Quality control.; Reliability.; Industrial safety.; Food Science.; Plant Sciences.; Quality Control, Reliability, Safety and Risk.

This edited volume provides insight into temperate fruits, with an emphasis on postharvest physiology, storage, packaging and technologies for maintaining fruit quality. Chapters are devoted to individual fruits and focus on fundamental issues such as methods for maintaining or enhancing quality, mi...

Table of Contents:

• Diversity and production of temperate fruits
• Orchard management of temperate fruits
• Nutritional and health benefits of temperate fruits
• Postharvest technologies for shelf life enhancement of temperate fruits
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Plum
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Cherry
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Peach
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Apricot
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Apple
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Pear
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Quince
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Loquat
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Kiwi
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Strawberry
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Berries
• Postharvest Biology and Technology of Persimmon
• Food safety management of temperate fruits from farm to fork.