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Advances in post-harvest treatments and fruit quality and safety / Manuel Vazquez and Jose A. Ramirez, editors.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Advances in food safety and food microbiology.
- Advances in food safety and food microbiology
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Fruit--Postharvest technology.
- Fruit.
- Fruit--Quality.
- Fruit--Safety measures.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (266 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Hauppauge, N.Y. : Nova Science Publishers, c2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Nowadays there is a world-wide trend for a healthier style of life, which has led to a rising demand of convenient fresh ready to eat fruits. In order to achieve their fresh-like quality and safety requirements, the industry needs to implement improved strategies by combining innovative eco-friendly techniques, which are reviewed in this book. This book examines the state of the art and the last advances in post-harvest treatments and fruit quality and safety.
- Contents:
- High hydrostatic pressure as a post-harvest treatment
- Ionizing radiation as quarantine treatments in fruits
- Post-harvest heat treatments in fruits
- Post-harvest ultrasonic treatment in fruits
- Edible coatings for fresh and minimally processed fruits and vegetables
- Post-harvest applications of 1-methylcyclopropene in fruit
- Nondestructive measurement of fruit quality by NIR spectroscopy
- Color changes in fresh-cut fruits
- Factors affecting fruit maturity
- Effect of preharvest factors on post-harvest quality of fruit
- Modified atmosphere packaging of fresh fruit
- Impact of ultraviolet radiation on phytochemicals and microbial quality of fruits.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-61470-700-6
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