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Informationen zum Autor Elhadi Yahia is a Professor in the Faculty of Natural Sciences at the Autonomous University of Querétaro, Mexico, and is a consultant to several organizations including the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the World Food Logistics Organization (WFLO), the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Klappentext Tropical and subtropical fruits are vulnerable to postharvest losses and may also be transported long distances for sale. Therefore technologies for quality maintenance postharvest and a thorough understanding of the underpinning biological mechanisms are essential. Volume 1 focuses on key issues of fruit physiology! quality! safety! and handling. Zusammenfassung This authoritative four-volume collection considers the postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruit. Volume 1 focuses on key issues of fruit physiology! quality! safety and handling relevant to all those in the tropical and subtropical fruits supply chain. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contributor contact details Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition Dr Adel Kader Foreword Preface Chapter 1: Economic importance of tropical and subtropical fruits Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 World fruit production and contribution to gross domestic product (GDP) 1.3 Global consumption of tropical and subtropical fruits 1.4 International trade in tropical and subtropical fruit 1.5 Price of tropical and subtropical fruit 1.6 Conclusions Chapter 2: Nutritional and health-promoting properties of tropical and subtropical fruits Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Consumption 2.3 Health components of tropical and subtropical fruits 2.4 Bioactive compounds and antioxidant capacity 2.5 Overview of health effects of some tropical and subtropical fruits 2.6 Preharvest factors affecting accumulation of nutritional and health components 2.7 Postharvest factors affecting nutritional and health components 2.8 Enhancement of nutritional and health components in tropical and subtropical fruits 2.9 Conclusions Chapter 3: Postharvest biology of tropical and subtropical fruits Abstract: 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Diversity in fruit characteristics 3.3 Maturation and ripening 3.4 Quality attributes 3.5 Biological factors affecting deterioration 3.6 Environmental factors affecting deterioration 3.7 Pathological disorders and insect infestation 3.8 Biotechnological approaches for improving quality andpostharvest life 3.9 Conclusions Chapter 4: Preharvest and harvest factors infl uencing the postharvest quality of tropical and subtropical fruits Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Genetic factors 4.3 Environmental factors 4.4 Physico-chemical factors 4.5 Diseases 4.6 Other factors 4.7 Harvesting factors 4.8 Phytohormones and other growth regulators 4.9 Conclusions Chapter 5: Postharvest technologies to maintain the quality of tropical and subtropical fruits Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Maturity and harvesting indices 5.3 Harvesting 5.4 Conditioning 5.5 Quality 5.6 The cold chain 5.7 Centralized packing operations 5.8 Ripening 5.9 Processing 5.10 Conclusions Chapter 6: Postharvest pathology of tropical and subtropical fruit and strategies for decay control Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Preharvest and postharvest factors affecting disease development 6.3 Modes of infection by postharvest pathogens 6.4 Attack mechanisms 6.5 Fruit defe...
