Handbook of postharvest technology : cereals, fruits, vegetables, tea, and spices

Contributor(s): Chakravety, Amalendu : (Editor) | Mujumdar, Arun S. : (Editor) | Vijaya Raghavan, G.S. :(Editor)Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : Marcel Dekker, Inc. ©2003Description: xviii, 884 p. : illustrationsISBN: 9780824705145; 0824705149Subject(s): Food crops - Postharvest technology | Crops - Postharvest technology | Vegetables. Cereals | Spice plants | Post harvest | Fruit | TeaDDC classification: 631.56
Contents:
pt. 1. Properties, grades, harvesting, and threshing -- pt. 2. Drying -- pt. 3. Storage and handling -- pt. 4. Milling -- pt. 5. Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables -- pt. 6. Postharvest technology of coffee, tea, and cocoa -- pt. 7. Biomass, by-products, and control aspects.
Summary: Offering discussion on the postharvest handling and storage of grains, fruits, vegetables and spices, this book details the physiology, structure, and other characteristics of these products in relation to quality maintenance and spoilage prevention. It also looks at cooling and other preservation methods.
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Included Index

pt. 1. Properties, grades, harvesting, and threshing --
pt. 2. Drying --
pt. 3. Storage and handling --
pt. 4. Milling --
pt. 5. Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables --
pt. 6. Postharvest technology of coffee, tea, and cocoa --
pt. 7. Biomass, by-products, and control aspects.

Offering discussion on the postharvest handling and storage of grains, fruits, vegetables and spices, this book details the physiology, structure, and other characteristics of these products in relation to quality maintenance and spoilage prevention. It also looks at cooling and other preservation methods.

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