1st Edition

Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables

Edited By Sergio Tonetto de Freitas, Sunil Pareek Copyright 2019
    852 Pages 355 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    852 Pages 355 Color & 10 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    This book, chock full of color illustrations, addresses the main postharvest physiological disorders studied in fruits and vegetables. For a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables describes visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and approaches to predict and control these disorders after harvest. Color photographs illustrate the disorders, important factors, physiology, and management. The book includes a detailed description of the visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and possible approaches to predict and control physiological disorders. The mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the disorders are discussed in detail in each chapter, based on recent studies, which can help readers better understand the factors regulating each disorder. The description of possible approaches to predict and control each disorder can help growers, shippers, wholesalers, and retailers to determine the best management practices to reduce disorder incidence and crop losses.

    Features:

    • Presents visual symptoms of postharvest physiological disorders that will help readers to precisely identify the disorders in fruits and vegetables
    • Details mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the postharvest disorders
    • Explains possible approaches to predict and control these disorders
    • Suggests the best postharvest management approaches for each crop

    Although there are many scientific publications on postharvest physiological disorders, there are no recent reviews or books putting together the most recent information about the mechanisms regulating, as well as about the possible approaches to predict and control these disorders.

    Contents

    Dedication................................................................................................................................................... v

    Foreword..................................................................................................................................................xiii

    Preface....................................................................................................................................................xvii

    Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................xix

    Editors......................................................................................................................................................xxi

    Contributors...........................................................................................................................................xxiii

    Section I General Issues, Physiological and Technological Effects

    1 Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruit and Vegetables...................................................... 3

    Sergio Tonetto de Freitas and Sunil Pareek

    2 Pre-Harvest Cultural Practices Affecting Postharvest Physiological Disorders,

    Minerals, and Titratable Acidity in Cucurbit Melon.................................................................. 15

    Hong Li

    3 Oxidative Stress and Physiological Disorders.............................................................................. 29

    Christian Larrigaudière and Jordi Giné-Bordonaba

    4 Chilling Injury................................................................................................................................. 61

    Palash Biswas and David A. Brummell

    5 Disorders During Storage of Fruits and Vegetables.................................................................... 89

    Daniel Alexandre Neuwald, Adriano Arriel Saquet, Nadine Klein

    6 Positive and Negative Effects of Heat Treatment on the Incidence of Physiological

    Disorders in Fresh Produce.......................................................................................................... 111

    Elazar Fallik and Zoran Ilic

    7 Cracking in Fruits and Vegetables.............................................................................................. 127

    Ali Khadivi

    Section II Temperate Fruits

    8 Apple............................................................................................................................................... 165

    Christopher B. Watkins and James P. Mattheis

    9 Berries............................................................................................................................................ 207

    R.R. Sharma and Vijay Rakesh Reddy S.

    10 Cherry............................................................................................................................................ 223

    Bed Prasad Khatiwada and Elizabeth Mitcham

    11 Table Grape................................................................................................................................... 237

    Bruno G. Defilippi, Sebastian A. Rivera, Alonso Perez-Donoso, Mauricio Gonzalez-

    Aguero, and Reinaldo Campos-Vargas

    12 Muskmelon..................................................................................................................................... 261

    Juan Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo

    13 Peach and Nectarine..................................................................................................................... 293

    George A. Manganaris, Ariel R. Vicente, Pedro J. Martinez-Garcia, and Carlos H. Crisosto

    14 European Pear............................................................................................................................... 305

    Yan Wang and Kazem Arzani

    15 Asian Pear...................................................................................................................................... 329

    Kazem Arzani

    Section III Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits

    16 Banana............................................................................................................................................ 349

    Scot C. Nelson and Sarah J. Pethybridge

    17 Citrus.............................................................................................................................................. 377

    Joanna Lado, Paul JR Cronje, Maria Jesus Rodrigo, and Lorenzo Zacarias

    18 Date................................................................................................................................................. 399

    Salah M. Aleid

    19 Kiwifruit......................................................................................................................................... 421

    Sunny George Gwanpua, Munazza Saeed, Abdul Jabbar and Julian Heyes

    20 Litchi............................................................................................................................................... 435

    Yueming Jiang

    21 Mango............................................................................................................................................. 443

    Jeffrey K. Brecht

    22 Papaya............................................................................................................................................ 467

    Jurandi G. OLIVEIRA, Luis M.M. MORALES, Willian B. SILVA, Aroldo GOMES FILHO

    and Robert E. PAULL

    23 Persimmon..................................................................................................................................... 495

    C. Besada, A. Woolf and A. Salvador

    24 Pineapple........................................................................................................................................ 513

    Robert E. Paull and Nancy Jung Chen

    25 Pomegranate.................................................................................................................................. 529

    Mustafa Erkan and Adem Dogan

    26 Rambutan and Longkong............................................................................................................. 551

    Chalermchai Wongs-Aree and Sompoch Noichinda

    27 Mangosteen.................................................................................................................................... 589

    Sompoch Noichinda, Kitti Bodhipadma and Chalermchai Wongs-Aree

    28 Amazon Fruit................................................................................................................................. 615

    Joao P. Santos Neto, Deborah O. De Fusco, Patricia Maria Pinto, and Gustavo Henrique

    de Almeida Teixeira

    Section IV Vegetables and Tubers

    29 Brassicas......................................................................................................................................... 631

    Joaqui n H. Hasperue , Facundo Massolo, and Gustavo A. Marti nez

    30 Cucurbits........................................................................................................................................ 661

    Jamal Javanmardi and Mohammad Pessarakli

    31 Potato Tuber.................................................................................................................................. 691

    Dilson A. Bisognin, Arione da S. Pereira, and Sergio Tonetto de Freitas

    32 Solanaceous Fruits......................................................................................................................... 705

    Vicente A.R., Concellon A., Zaro M.J., and Ortiz C.M

    33 Tropical Tuber Crops................................................................................................................... 719

    Sanket J. More, V. Ravi, and Saravanan Raju

    Section V Processed Fruits and Vegetables

    34 Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables..................................................................................................761

    Amodio M.L., Cefola M., Pace B., and Colelli G.

    35 Juice of Fruits and Vegetables..................................................................................................... 785

    Ana Cecilia Poloni Rybka, Aline Telles Biasoto Marques, Rita de Cassia Mirela Resende

    Nassur, and Emanuel Jose Nascimento Marques

    Section VI Final Considerations

    36 Future Studies on Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruit and Vegetables................... 805

    Sérgio Tonetto de Freitas and Sunil Pareek

    Index....................................................................................................................................................... 815

    Biography

    Sergio Tonetto de Freitas is a researcher on Postharvest Physiology and Technology at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa. Before working at Embrapa, he was a PhD student in the Plant Biology Graduate Group, and latter a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Plant Science Department at the University of California, Davis. His PhD and Postdoctoral researches were focused on understanding the mechanisms regulating fruit susceptibility to calcium (Ca2+) deficiency disorders. Although these disorders have been studied for more than a hundred years, his PhD and Postdoctoral studies proved for the first time that fruit susceptibility to Ca2+ deficiency disorders is mainly regulated by mechanisms controlling cellular Ca2+ partitioning and distribution. He also has experience in biochemistry, plant molecular biology, laboratory techniques, statistic programs. He has received a total of five UCDavis awards, three Jastro Shields research award, one Joseph M. Ogawa research and teaching endowment award, and one Shapiro Family award for excellence in science.

    Dr. Sunil Pareek obtained Ph.D. in Horticulture (PHT) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, India. He joined Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India in 2005. Before moving as Associate Professor to National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana, India in 2015 he was at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India from 2005 to 2015. He is involved in teaching UG, PG and Ph.D. students with special focus on postharvest physiology, technology and processing of fruits. Dr. Pareek has published more than 40 papers, 40 presentations in National and International Seminars and Conferences, 6 books, 3 manuals, 6 technical bulletins, 40 popular articles, and several book chapters to his credit.