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Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach de Wojciech J. Florkowski

Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach

Editat de Wojciech J. Florkowski, Nigel H. Banks, Robert L. Shewfelt, Stanley E. Prussia
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 9 dec 2021
Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach, Fourth Editioncovers the aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality, featuring new chapters on packaging, the increasingly important role of transportation and logistics, and the consideration of postharvest in the context of systems approach. The book also explores current challenges, including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process.
Written by a team of experts, this book continues to be the most practical and up-to-date resource for postharvest physiologists or technologists across the disciplines of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food sciences and horticulture.


  • Features new chapters on packaging, transportation and logistics, and postharvest in the context of systems approach
  • Brings aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality
  • Provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780128228456
ISBN-10: 0128228458
Pagini: 702
Ilustrații: Approx. 100 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 191 x 235 x 42 mm
Greutate: 1.41 kg
Ediția:4
Editura: ELSEVIER SCIENCE

Public țintă

Postharvest physiologists or technologists across the disciplines of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food sciences, and horticulture along with handlers of fresh or minimally processed products within the fresh produce processing industries will find this to be an invaluable resource
Students majoring in horticulture, food science, business and marketing, consumer economics and nutrition.

Cuprins

Part 1 - Whole System
1. Postharvest systems – some introductory thoughts
2. Systems Approach In Postharvest Handling Of Fresh Produce
3. Consumer Eating Habits and Perception of Fresh Produce Quality
4. Modeling Quality Attributes and Quality Related Product Properties
5. Models for Improving Fresh Produce Chains
Part 2 - Product
6. Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
7. Fresh-Cut Products - Implications For Postharvest
8. Multi-omics approaches for the improvements of postharvest systems
9. Postharvest Quality Properties of Potential Tropical Fruits Related to their Unique Structural Characters
Part 3 - Process
10. Managing Value Chains - Partners in Competitiveness
11. Tracking Products From Field To Consumer
12. Managing Product Flow Through Postharvest Systems
13. Sorting For Quality
14. Non-destructive evaluation: detection of external and internal attributes frequently associated with quality and damage
15. Cooling Fresh Produce
16. Investigating Losses Occurring During Shipment: Forensic Aspects of Cargo Claims
Part 4 - Perceptions
17. Consumer Eating Habits and Perceptions of Fresh Produce Quality
18. What mining the text tells about minding the consumer: The changing fruit and vegetable consumption patterns and shifting research focus
19. Nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables
20. Microbial Quality and Safety of Fresh and Fresh-cut Product
21. Measuring Consumer Acceptance of Vegetables

Descriere

Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach, Fourth Edition covers the aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality, featuring new chapters on packaging, the increasingly important role of transportation and logistics, and the consideration of postharvest in the context of systems approach. The book also explores current challenges, including oversupply, waste, food safety, lack of resources, sustainability and best practices for production to thrive in spite of these challenges. This unique resource provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process.
Written by a team of experts, this book continues to be the most practical and up-to-date resource for postharvest physiologists or technologists across the disciplines of agricultural economics, agricultural engineering, food sciences and horticulture.

 

 

 

  • Features new chapters on packaging, transportation and logistics, and postharvest in the context of systems approach
  • Brings aspects of pre-harvest conditions and their effects on postharvest quality
  • Provides an overview of the postharvest system and its role in the food value chain, offering essential tools to monitor and control the handling process