| Description |
1 online resource (xv, 733 pages) |
| Series |
Food science and technology ; 123 |
|
Food science and technology (Marcel Dekker, Inc.)
|
| Contents |
Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Contents; Contributors; Introduction; Respiration and Gas Exchange; Hormonal Changes During Postharvest; Chemical and Physical Changes in Membranes; Transpiration and Water Stress; Preharvest Nutritional Factors Affecting Postharvest Physiology; Harvest and Handling Injury: Physiology, Biochemistry, and Detection; Storage Temperature; Atmosphere Modification; Physiological, Biochemical, and Molecular Aspects of Ethylene Biosynthesis and Action; Color; Vegetable Texture: Measurement and Structural Implications |
| Summary |
This revised and expanded text examines basic vegetable physiologies, causes of spoilage, quality changes, novel techniques to improve quality, and viable storage practices for different categories of vegetables during the postharvest period |
| Notes |
Revised edition of: Postharvest physiology of vegetables / edited by J. Weichmann |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed |
| Subject |
Vegetables -- Postharvest physiology
|
|
Vegetables -- Postharvest diseases and injuries
|
|
GARDENING -- Techniques.
|
|
Vegetables -- Postharvest diseases and injuries
|
|
Vegetables -- Postharvest physiology
|
| Form |
Electronic book
|
| Author |
Bartz, Jerry A., 1942-
|
|
Brecht, Jeffrey K., 1942-
|
|
Weichmann, J.
Postharvest physiology of vegetables
|
| LC no. |
2021694432 |
| ISBN |
9781000507232 |
|
1000507238 |
|
0203910095 |
|
9780203910092 |
|
0824745795 |
|
9780824745790 |
|
9781466522305 |
|
1466522305 |
|
