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Crop Management and Postharvest Handling of Horticultural Products Volume 1: Quality Management

Handbook / Manual Out of Print
Edited By: Ramdane Dris, Raina Niskanen and Shri Mohan Jain
400 pages
Crop Management and Postharvest Handling of Horticultural Products
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  • Crop Management and Postharvest Handling of Horticultural Products ISBN: 9781578081400 Hardback Dec 2001 Out of Print #122168
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About this book

This text focuses on mineral nutrition and quality management; and on the effect of pre-harvest or post-harvest practices on the quality of crops grown under different climate conditions worldwide. The book highlights achievements in minimizing post-harvest loss by providing information on production, physiological changes, pre- and post-harvest storage requirements, storage problems and nutrient management systems in relation to plant health and production, environmental protection in agriculture and in post-harvest and processing aspects. The book is intended to stimulate researchers and students to identify and solve problems related to crop quality, plant nutrition and post-harvest quality performance in a wide range of horticultural crops grown in varied conditions in different parts of the world.

Contents

The quality cycle, Daryl Joyce; testing soils for determining fertilizer needs of horticultural crops, C.D. Tsadilas and N. Barbayiannis; nutritional management of vegetables and ornamental plants in hydroponics, Dimitrios Savvas; managing crop load, Sally A. Bound; low-alcohol grape and fruit wine, Gary J. Pickering; paprika spice production, Andeas Klieber; factors associated with peach yield, fruit quality and post-harvest behaviour, Salvador Perez Gonzalez; influence of calcium nutrition on the qualty and post-harvest behaviour of apples, R. Dris; economic analysis of post-harvest systems in root and tuber crops, Gerd Fleischer and Stefan Agne; post-harvest handling of strawberries for fresh market, Jose M. Olias et al; physiological changes and pathologies of citrus fruit in cold storage, Giovanni Arras; ethylene biosynthesis role in ripening and quality storage and in shelf-life, E. Sfakiotakis et al; post-harvest pests and physiological disorders of cassava, Weston Msikita et al; environmental control for storage of rooted propagation material, Nihal C. Rajapakse; minimizing post-harvest rots and quality loss in carrots, L-H. Cheah and D.W. Brash; minimal processing of fruits and vegetables, C. Barry-Ryan and D. O'Beirne

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Handbook / Manual Out of Print
Edited By: Ramdane Dris, Raina Niskanen and Shri Mohan Jain
400 pages
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