By Elhadi Yahia. 1st Edition. July 2019. Elsevier. Postharvest techniques and technologies available to handle perishable horticultural food commodities. 750 pages. Paperback ISBN: 9780128132760. eBook ISBN: 9780128132777
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Postharvest Technology of Perishable Horticultural Commodities describes all the postharvest techniques and technologies available to handle perishable horticultural food commodities. It includes basic concepts and important new advances in the subject.

Adopting a thematic style, chapters are organized by type of treatment, with sections devoted to postharvest risk factors and their amelioration. Written by experts from around the world, the book provides core insights into identifying and utilizing appropriate postharvest options for maximum results.

Table of Contents
1. Introduction, Elhadi M. Yahia

2. Postharvest losses and waste, Elhadi M. Yahia, Jorge M. Fonseca, Lisa Kitinoja

3. Classification of horticultural commodities, Elhadi M. Yahia

4. Preharvest Factors Affecting Postharvest Quality, Elhadi M. Yahia, Alfonso Gardea-Béjar, José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz, Irma O. Maya-Meraz, Maria J. Rodriguez-Roque, Claudio Rios-Velasco, Juan Ornelas-Paz, Miguel A. Salas-Marina

5. Harvesting of horticultural commodities, Mustafa Erkan, Adem Dogan

6. Precooling, Atef Elansari, Donald L. Fenton, Christopher W. Callahan

7. Refrigeration, Donald L. Fenton, Christopher W. Callahan, Atef Elansari

8. Psychrometrics, Christopher W. Callahan, Atef Elansari, Donald L. Fenton

9. Packing Operations, Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Jeffrey K. Brecht, Elhadi M. Yahia

10. Minimal Processing, G.R. Velderrain-Rodríguez, G.M. López-Gámez, J. Abraham Dominguez-Avila, G.A. González-Aguilar, R. Solivia-Fortuny, J.F. Ayala-Zavala

11. Packaging, Ahmed Ait-Oubahou, Z.A. Nur Hanani, B. Jamilah

12. Storage Systems, Atef Elansari, Elhadi M. Yahia, Wasim Siddiqui

13. Controlled atmosphere Storage, Elhadi M. Yahia, Livio Fadanelli, Pierluigi Matte, Jeffrey K. Brecht

14. Ethylene technology, Jeffrey K. Brecht

15. Physiological disorders and their control, Elhadi M. Yahia, Armando Carrillo-López, Adriana Saduno

16. Postharvest insects and their control, Elhadi M. Yahia, Lisa G. Neven, Robert W. Jones

17. Irradiation of Fruits and Vegetables, Anuradha Prakash, José de Jesús Ornelas-Paz

18. Temperature-Controlled Transport for Air, Land, and Sea, Patrick E. Brecht, Jeffrey K. Brecht, and Jorge E. Saenz

19. Utilization and management of horticultural waste, M. Gloria Lobo and E. Dorta

20. Analysis and control in postharvest operations, Livio Fadanelli, Pierluigui Matte and Elhadi M. Yahia

21. Biotechnology of horticultural commodities, Verónica- Alhelí Ochoa-Jiménez, Julio-César Tafolla-Arellano, Guillermo Berumen-Varela, Martín-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández

22. General recommendations, Elhadi M. Yahia

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