Description
This book is an informative introduction to the post-harvest technology of horticultural crops, and their conservation and management. The different post-harvest handling operations including storage aspects are also covered. Innovative processing technologies like high-pressure processing, irradiation, cold plasma technique and ohmic heating are also discussed in the book.
Table of Contents
Preface
About the Authors
1 Post-Harvest Technology: An Introduction
2 Harvesting of Horticultural Crops
3 Post-harvest Handling
4 Packaging of Horticultural Products
5 Hygiene and Sanitation in Post-harvest Handling
6 Post-harvest Quality and Safety Management
7 Processing of Fruits and Vegetables
8 Storage of Fruits and Vegetables
9 Preparing Product from Market
10 Prevention of Post-harvest Losses
11 Advance Technnologies for Food Preservation
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