1st Edition
Emerging Postharvest Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables
With the increasing need and demand for fresh fruits and vegetables, the field of postharvest science is continuously evolving. Endeavors are being made by scientists involved in postharvest research for maintenance of the quality and safety of fresh horticultural produce to enhance the postharvest life and to extend the availability of the produce in both time and space. This volume, Emerging Postharvest Treatment of Fruits and Vegetables, addresses the demand for the development and application of effective technologies for preservation of perishable food products, particularly fresh fruits and vegetables. It provides an abundance of up-to-date information about postharvest treatments. The chapters discuss a number of innovative technologies to prolong and enhance postharvest fruits and vegetables.
This book will be valuable for those concerned with horticulture and postharvest technology. It provides essential information for students, teachers, professors, scientists, and entrepreneurs engaged in fresh horticultural produce handling related to this field.
Postharvest Treatments to Alleviate Chilling Injury in Fruits and Vegetables
Kalyan Barman, Swati Sharma, and Ram Asrey
Heat Treatments for Enhancing Storability of Fruits and Vegetables
Susan Lurie
Calcium: An Indispensable Element Affecting Postharvest Life of Fruits and Vegetables
T. Vijay Yadav and B. V. C. Mahajan
Effects of Methyl Jasmonate Treatment on Fruit Quality Properties
María Serrano, Alejandra Martínez-Esplá, Pedro J. Zapata, Salvador Castillo, Domingo Martínez-Romero, Fabián Guillén, Juan M. Valverde, and Daniel Valero
Nitric Oxide for Enhancing Storage Life of Fruits and Vegetables
Shuhua Zhu, Lili Zhang, Changbao Chen, and Jie Zhou
Nanotechnology in Packaging of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Ovais Shafiq Qadri, Kaiser Younis, Gaurav Srivastava, and Abhaya Kumar Srivastava
Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases
R. R. Sharma and S. Vijay Rakesh Reddy
Application of Ozone as a Postharvest Treatment
Serdar Öztekin
Advances in Edible Coatings and Films for Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
Evening Stone Marboh and Alok Kumar Gupta
Postharvest Treatments to Reduce Browning in Minimally Processed Products
Alemwati Pongener, M. B. Darshan, and Aabon W. Yanthan
Essential Oils and Plant Extracts as Natural Antimicrobial Agents
A. García Heredia, J. E. Dávila-Aviña, C. Zoellner, L. E. Garcia-Amezquita, N. Heredia, and S. García
Polyamines for Preserving Postharvest Quality
Swati Sharma, Anil Kumar Singh, Sanjay Kumar Singh, Kalyan Barman, Sunil Kumar, and Vishal Nath
Biography
Kalyan Barman, Swati Sharma, Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui