Quality Assurance of Postharvest Stored Products (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781787150546)

This book provides current technologies to enhance shelf life of fruits and vegetables and to maintain their quality during storage, packing and transportation. It is written in a lucid style with theoretical and practical discussions and being supplemented with illustrations, and tables for easy understanding of the subject. Provides appropriate approaches, technologies, and control parameters necessary to achieve shelf-life extension without compromising produce quality The book is also supported with a comprehensive bibliography and index at the end. This text is designed for professionals working in the postharvest industry, postharvest technologists, fresh produce management, food safety and quality professionals, postharvest physiologists, students and researchers.