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Postharvest handling : a systems approach /

Consideration of the interactions between decisions made at one point in the supply chain and its effects on the subsequent stages is the core concept of a systems approach. Postharvest Handling is unique in its application of this systems approach to the handling of fruits and vegetables, exploring...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Florkowski, Wojciech J., Shewfelt, Robert L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Amsterdam ; Boston ; London : Elsevier/Academic Press, 2009.
Edición:2nd ed.
Colección:Food science and technology international series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Systems Approach to Postharvest Handling
  • Business Models of Fresh Produce in the United States
  • Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables
  • Preharvest Physiological and Cultural Effects on Postharvest Quality
  • Measuring Quality and Maturity
  • Microbial Quality
  • Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance
  • Modeling Quality Characteristics
  • Visual Inspection and Sorting: Finding Poor Quality Before the Consumer Does
  • Latent Damage: A Systems Perspective
  • Nondestructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality or Damage
  • Stress Physiology: A Cellular Approach to Quality
  • Logistics of Fresh Produce: Implications for Quality
  • Postharvest Handling Under Extreme Weather Conditions
  • Postharvest Handling of Locally Grown Produce
  • Refrigeration of Fresh Produce From Field to Home: Logistics and Refrigeration and the Refrigerator
  • Challenges in Quality of Organic Produce
  • The Shrinking System: Quality Specificity of Fresh Cut Vegetables and Fruit
  • Tropical Fresh Fruit: Quality Challenge
  • Food Safety: Food Safety and Product Integrity in Critical Points Within the Production and Distribution System
  • Quality Management: An Industrial Approach ot Produce Handling
  • Produce Marketing: New Techniques At the Supermarket
  • Consumer Eating Habits and Fresh Produce Quality
  • Genetic Modification Improvements in Fresh Produce Quality: Implications for Systems Approach
  • Quality of Fresh Produce and Public Health
  • Regulation of Fresh Produce Postharvest Handling
  • Interdisciplinary Solutions to Challenges in Postharvest Handling.