Mechanical Damage in Fresh Horticultural Produce : Measurement, Analysis and Control / edited by Pankaj B. Pathare, Umezuruike Linus Opara.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pathare, Pankaj B., editor.

Opara, U. L. (Umezuruike Linus), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Food science.

Agricultural biotechnology.

Food--Analysis.

Food.

Food security.

Food Science.

Agricultural Biotechnology.

Food Analysis.

Food Engineering.

Food Security.

Local Subjects:

Food Science.

Agricultural Biotechnology.

Food Analysis.

Food Engineering.

Food Security.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (355 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2023.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer Nature Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2023.

Summary:

This book includes the impact, compression, vibration studies, and destructive and nondestructive techniques for bruise measurement. It is essential to detect bruises in the early stages of their formation and conduct a quantitative analysis of the degree of bruising, to ensure the accurate grading of bruised fruits and vegetables and reduce unnecessary economic losses. Bruise damage occurring between the point of harvest and consumption contributes the most to the decrease in fruit quality, reducing the market value and ultimately leading to significant reductions in potential revenue. SDG 12.3 aims to “by 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses.” This book presents recent technological developments in bruise measurement, detection, and analysis of fresh horticultural produce. Given the rising demand for rapid and accurate methods of quality measurement in the horticultural produce industry, this book covers destructive and nondestructive techniques for bruise measurement. Selected applications of different nondestructive methods for various fresh produce commodities are also included. This book will interest graduate and undergraduate students, researchers, academics and engineers working in different aspects of the mechanical damage affected by postharvest handling practices, professionals working in the governments, and other authorities related to fresh horticultural produce quality, regulations, and safety. .

Contents:

Chapter 1. Mechanical damage of fresh produce – an overview

Chapter 2. Factors affecting bruise damage susceptibility of fresh produce

Chapter 3. Imaging Techniques for Fresh Produce Damage Detection

Chapter 4. Hyperspectral imaging techniques for quality assessment in fresh horticultural produce and prospects for measurement of mechanical damage

Chapter 5. Hyperspectral imaging and related machine learning for postharvest bruise damage detection and analysis of fresh food produce

Chapter 6. Bruise damage susceptibility of pome fruit

Chapter 7. Mechanical Damage in Fresh Stone Fruits: Measurement and Analysis

Chapter 8. Bruise damage susceptibility of pomegranates

Chapter 9. Bruise damage susceptibility of tomato

Chapter 10. BRUISING OF AVOCADO (PERSEA AMERICANA M.) FRUIT

Chapter 11. Bruise Damage Susceptibility and Assessment of Guava

Chapter 12. Bruise damage susceptibility of blueberry and strawberry

Chapter 13. Bruise damage susceptibility of tableolive

Chapter 14. Bruise damage susceptibility of banana

Chapter 15. Impact of packaging on bruise damage of fresh produce

Chapter 16. Importance of bruise assessment and control in fresh produce industry.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Other Format:

Print version: Pathare, Pankaj B. Mechanical Damage in Fresh Horticultural Produce

ISBN:

981-9970-96-2