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Citrus rank among top three fruits of the world with respect to area and production. Grown commercially in more than 140 countries around the world, world production of citrus fruit has experienced continuous growth in the last decades of the twentieth century with total annual citrus production ove...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Ladaniya, Milind
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Academic, 2008.
Edición:1st ed.
Temas:
Citrus fruits.
Citrus fruit industry.
Agrumes.
Agrumes > Industrie.
citrus fruit.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Agriculture > General.
GARDENING > Fruit.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • FINAL:
  • 1) Introduction- An Overview
  • 2) Commercial fresh citrus cultivars and major producers
  • 3) Post harvest losses
  • 4) Pre-harvest factors affecting fruit quality and post-harvest life
  • 5) Fruit morphology, anatomy and physiology
  • 5.1) Fruit morphology
  • 5.2) Fruit anatomy
  • 5.3) Fruit physiology
  • 6) Fruit biochemistry
  • 6.1) Carbohydrates
  • 6.2) Organic acids
  • 6.3) Nitrogenous compounds
  • 6.4) Enzymes
  • 6.5) Lipids, waxes and other related compounds
  • 6.6) Pigments
  • 6.7) Phenolics, Flavonoids and limonoids
  • 6.8) Vitamins
  • 6.9) Inorganic constituents
  • 6.10) Volatiles
  • 7) Growth, maturity, grade standards and physico-mechanical characteristics of fruit
  • 7.1) Growth and development
  • 7.2) Maturation
  • 7.3) Indices of maturity, fruit grades and standards
  • 7.4) Physical and mechanical characteristics
  • 8) Harvesting
  • 9) Preparation for fresh fruit market
  • 9.1) Degreening
  • 9.2) Packinghouse operations
  • 9.3) Post harvest treatments- Coatings, PBRs & other chemicals
  • 10) Packaging
  • 10.1) Containers and other packaging materials
  • 10.2) Film wrapping
  • 10.3) Modified atmosphere packaging
  • 11) Pre-cooling
  • 12) Storage systems and response of citrus fruits
  • 12.1) Refrigerated storage
  • 12.2) Controlled atmosphere and hypobaric storage
  • 12.3) Evaporative and other natural systems
  • 12.4) Ambient storage
  • 13) Transportation
  • 14) Domestic marketing and distribution systems
  • 15) Irradiation
  • 16) Postharvest diseases and management
  • 16.1) Post harvest diseases
  • 16.2) Pesticides, residues and tolerances
  • 16.3) Organic post-harvest management
  • 16.3.1) Bio-agents
  • 16.3.2) Botanicals and other non-hazardous methods
  • 16.3.3) Physical methods
  • 17) Physiological disorders and management
  • 18) Postharvest treatments for insect control
  • 19) Fruit quality control, evaluation and analysis
  • 19.1) Quality control and assurance systems
  • 19.2) Quality evaluation and instruments
  • 19.3) Fruit analysis
  • 20) Nutritional and medicinal value of citrus
  • 21) Biotechnological applications in fresh citrus fruit
  • 22) World fresh citrus trade
  • 22.1) Exports and World trade
  • 22.2) Quarantine issues.

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