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Besides increasing crop yield to feed the growing population, improving crop quality is a challenging and key issue. Indeed, quality determines consumer acceptability and increases the attractivity of fresh and processed products. In this respect, fruit and vegetables, which represent a main source of vitamins and other health compounds, play a major role in human diet. This is the case in developing countries where populations are prone to nutritional deficiencies, but this is also a pending issue worldwide, where the growing middle class is increasingly aware and in search of healthy food. So a future challenge for the global horticultural industry will be to answer the demand for better quality food in a changing environment, where many resources will be limited. This e-collection collates state-of-the-art research on the quality of horticultural crops, covering the underlying physiological processes, the genetic and environmental controls during plant and organ development and the postharvest evolution of quality during storage and processing.

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Written by a diverse group of research professionals, Postharvest Decay: Control Strategies is aimed at a wide audience, including researchers involved in the study of postharvest handling of agricultural commodities, and undergraduate and graduate students researching postharvest topics. Growers, managers, and operators working at packinghouses and storage, retail, and wholesale facilities can also benefit from this book. The information in this book covers a wide range of topics related to selected fungi, such as taxonomy, infection processes, economic importance, causes of infection,

Fruit -- Postharvest technology. --- Fruit -- Ripening. --- Hot-water treatment. --- Peach -- Decay resistance. --- Peach -- Diseases and pests. --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Plant Sciences --- Postharvest losses --- Prevention --- Postharvest technology. --- Prevention. --- Post-harvest loss prevention of crops --- Post-harvest prevention of crop losses --- Postharvest loss prevention of crops --- Postharvest prevention of crop losses --- Prevention of post-harvest crop losses --- Prevention of postharvest crop losses --- Post harvest technology of crops --- Postharvest biotechnology of crops --- Postharvest technology of crops --- Agricultural processing

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Crops --- Postharvest technology. --- Post harvest technology of crops --- Postharvest biotechnology of crops --- Postharvest technology of crops --- Agricultural processing

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Postharvest and Postmortem Processing of Raw Food Materials, a volume in the Unit Operations and Processing Equipment in the Food Industry series, presents the processing operations and handling of agricultural crops, animal products, and raw food materials after their harvesting/slaughtering and entrance into food production factories. Chapters in this new release cover an Introduction to postharvest and postmortem technology, Primary operations in postharvest processing, Disintegration of raw agricultural crops, Disintegration with little changes in form (Husking, Shelling, Pitting, Coring, Snipping and Destemming), Disintegration with considerable changes in form (Cutting/dicing, crashing and grinding, Slaughtering, Shredding, Sheeting), and much more.

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The 2007-2008 global food crisis has renewed interest in post-harvest loss, but estimates remain scarce, especially in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper uses self-reported measures from nationally representative household surveys in Malawi, Uganda, and Tanzania. Overall, on-farm post-harvest loss adds to 1.4-5.9 percent of the national maize harvest, substantially lower than the Food and Agriculture Organization's post-harvest handling and storage loss estimate for cereals, which is 8 percent. Post-harvest loss is concentrated among less than a fifth of households. It increases with humidity and temperature and declines with better market access, post-primary education, higher seasonal price differences, and possibly improved storage practices. Wider use of nationally representative surveys in studying post-harvest loss is called for.

Agriculture --- Crop Protection --- Crops & Crop Management Systems --- Environment --- Environmental Economics & Policies --- Food & Beverage Industry --- Industry --- Macroeconomics and Economic Growth --- Maize --- Markets & Market Access --- Post-Harvest Loss --- Storage --- Technology Industry