Emerging Technologies for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits
eBook - ePub

Emerging Technologies for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits

  1. 404 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Emerging Technologies for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits

About this book

Focusing on new technological interventions involved in the postharvest management of fruits, this volume looks at the research on maintaining the quality of fruits from farm to table. The volume examines the factors that contribute to shortening shelf life as well as innovative solutions to maintaining quality while increasing the length of time fruit remains fresh, nutritious, and edible.

The volume considers the different needs of the diversity of fruits and covers a variety of important topics, including:

• factors affecting the postharvest quality of fruits
• microbial spoilage
• decontamination of fruits by non-thermal technologies
• new kinds of packaging and edible coatings
• ozone as shelf-life extender of fruits.

Emerging Technologies for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits considers the fundamental issues and will be an important reference on shelf-life extension of fruits. Highlighting the trends in future research and development, it will provide food technologists, food engineers, and food industry professionals with new insight for prolonging the shelf life of fruits.

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Information

Publisher
Apple Academic Press
Year
2020
eBook ISBN
9780429559501
Topic
Art
Subtopic
Agriculture

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. About the Editors
  6. Series Page
  7. Table of Contents
  8. Contributors
  9. Abbreviations
  10. Preface
  11. 1. Diversity of Fruits
  12. 2. Factors Affecting the Postharvest Quality of Fruits
  13. 3. Microbial Spoilage of Fruits
  14. 4. Decontamination of Fruits by Nonthermal Technologies
  15. 5. Modified Atmosphere Packaging as a Tool to Improve the Shelf Life of Fruits
  16. 6. New Insights in Active Packaging of Fruits
  17. 7. Advances in Edible Coating for Improving the Shelf Life of Fruits
  18. 8. Approaches of Gamma Irradiation for Extending the Shelf Life of Fruits
  19. 9. Antimicrobials as an Innovative Tool for the Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits
  20. 10. Use of Chemicals for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits
  21. 11. Ozone as a Shelf-Life Extender of Fruits
  22. 12. Controlled Atmosphere Storage of Fruits: An Overview of Storability and Quality
  23. 13. Techniques for Quality Estimation of Fruits
  24. 14. Safety Management of Fruits from Farm to Fork
  25. Index

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Yes, you can access Emerging Technologies for Shelf-Life Enhancement of Fruits by Basharat Nabi Dar, Shabir Ahmad Mir, Basharat Nabi Dar,Shabir Ahmad Mir in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Art & Agriculture. We have over 1.5 million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.