Advances in postharvest management of horticultural produce / edited by Chris Watkins.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Watkins, Chris, editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; Number 66.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science ; Number 66

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Horticultural crops--Postharvest technology.

Horticultural crops.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (465 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, England ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, [2020]

Summary:

This book reviews key advances in preservation techniques for fresh fruit and vegetables. Part 1 summarises developments and improvements in preservation technologies such as cooling, controlled atmosphere storage, modified atmosphere and active packaging as well as barrier coatings. The focus of Part 2 is on post-harvest safety management and disinfection. Chapters cover current research on mechanisms of pathogen contamination of fresh produce, as well as improvements in sanitising regimes and disinfection techniques using heat, irradiation and plasma, ozone and natural antimicrobials. The final part of the book surveys advances in monitoring postharvest quality of fresh produce and smart distribution systems to maintain the quality of horticultural produce.

Contents:

Intro

Advances in postharvest management of horticultural produce

Contents

Series list

Introduction

Part 1 Preservation techniques

Chapter 1 Advances in cooling technologies to preserve horticultural produce

1 Introduction

2 Cooling methods and choices

3 Advances in package design to influence cooling

4 Advances in assessing homogeneity

5 Fruit simulators

6 Cooling impact on long-term product outcomes

7 Advances in vacuum cooling

8 Horticultural cooling in developing countries

9 Case study: Cooling of the New Zealand Hayward Kiwifruit

10 Conclusion

11 Acknowledgements

12 Where to look for further information

13 References

Chapter 2 Advances in controlled atmosphere storage of horticultural produce

2 Initial low oxygen stress (ILOS)

3 Anti-ethylene compounds

4 Delayed controlled atmosphere storage

5 Dynamic controlled atmosphere (DCA) storage

6 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) and DCA technologies

7 Storage energy reduction strategies

8 Case study: DCA-chlorophyll fluorescence (CF)

9 Conclusion and future trends

10 Where to look for further information

11 References

Chapter 3 Advances in modified atmosphere and active packaging of horticultural produce

2 Modified atmospheres

3 Fruit and vegetable senescence

4 Respiration rate quantification

5 Polymer engineering

6 Converting technology

7 Additive technologies

8 Applications

10 References

Chapter 4 Advances in the use of barrier coatings and additives in the preservation of fresh horticultural produce

2 Coatings for fruits and vegetables

3 Additives for fruits and vegetables

4 Combination of coatings and additives for fruits and vegetables

5 Conclusion and future trends

6 References.

Part 2 Safety management and disinfection techniques

Chapter 5 Post-harvest risk management of biological hazards encountered in horticultural produce

2 Foodborne illness outbreaks linked to fresh produce

3 Sources of human pathogens in post-harvest operations

4 Risk assessment

5 Risk management of post-harvest fresh produce

6 Case study: validation of post-harvest interventions using Response Surface Methodology

7 Future trends and conclusion

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

Chapter 6 Advances in understanding pathogens contaminating horticultural produce

2 Microbial contamination of horticultural produce: surveillance, source attribution and microbial risk assessment of foodborne pathogens

3 Main sources for pathogen contamination: primary production, processing, distribution and cold chain

4 Routes of pathogens contaminating FFV: attachment and internalization

5 Factors affecting the survival-inactivation of pathogens in horticultural products

6 Conclusions

7 Future trends

Chapter 7 Advances in postharvest sanitizing regimes for horticultural produce

2 Chlorine in the form of sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) yielding hypochlorous acid (HOCl)

3 Chlorine dioxide

4 Acidified sodium chlorite

5 Peroxyacetic acid (peracetic acid)

6 Electrolyzed oxidizing water

7 Ozone (O3)

8 Conclusion

9 Acknowledgements

Chapter 8 Advances in using heat for disinfection/disinfestation of horticultural produce

2 Experimental trials and methods of heat treatment

3 Mode of action on fruit and vegetables

4 Commercial application of heat treatments

5 Conclusion

6 Acknowledgements.

7 Future trends

Chapter 9 Advances in the use of irradiation for the market access of fresh horticultural produce

2 Irradiation technology

3 Safety of irradiated food

4 Uses of irradiation in postharvest horticulture

5 Current trade in irradiated horticultural produce

6 Effects of irradiation on quality

8 Acknowledgements

9 Where to look for further information

Chapter 10 Advances in the potential use of non-thermal plasma in postharvest treatment of fresh horticultural produce

2 Non-thermal plasma (NTP) technology

3 Mechanism of action of non-thermal plasma (NTP)

4 Methods of non-thermal plasma (NTP) treatment

5 Potential applications of non-thermal plasma (NTP) in postharvest horticulture

6 Conclusion and future trends

7 Acknowledgements

Chapter 11 Advances in the use of ozone in the disinfection of horticultural produce

2 Ozone as an antimicrobial agent

3 Ozone-induced changes in the produce

4 Practicality aspects

5 Future trends

6 Conclusion

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

Chapter 12 Advances in the use of biological control agents in the disinfection of horticultural produce

2 Plant extracts and animal-based materials as postharvest treatments

3 The discovery of microbial antagonists to manage postharvest pathogens

4 Mode of action of postharvest biocontrol agents

5 Microbiome studies and their relevance to postharvest biological control

6 Integration of biocontrol agents with non-chemical postharvest treatments

7 Development and commercial application of postharvest biological control products.

8 Conclusions

Part 3 Monitoring and management

Chapter 13 Monitoring postharvest attributes: instrumental techniques for measuring harvest maturity/fruit quality

2 Sampling strategies

3 Sorting statistics

4 Currently available technologies for the measurement of different attributes

5 Future technologies for the measurement of different attributes

Chapter 14 Postharvest handling of organically produced specialty crops

2 Differences in postharvest organic and nonorganic approaches

3 Comparison of organic postharvest regulations worldwide

4 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

Chapter 15 Smart distribution to maintain shelf life of horticultural produce

2 Smart distribution

3 Logistics and supply chain management

4 Shelf-life modeling of fresh produce

5 Remote sensing of food quality and the environmental factors that influence food quality

Index.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-291-9

1-78676-290-0