Postharvest Management of Fresh Produce: Recent Advances critically addresses the latest issues, challenges, and technological advancements in postharvest management of fresh commodities, especially fruits, nuts, and vegetables. The book covers the intriguing correlation of preharvest treatments, maturity indices and postharvest operations that significantly affect the postharvest quality of fresh produce. Further topics include packaging, logistics and storage technologies, the role of microbial communities, and 'omics' strategies in postharvest disease management. Special attention is given to the latest trends of nanotechnology, internet of things (IoTs), and blockchain technologies in food supply chain management of perishable products. The book is a great resource for young and experienced professionals in academia, industry, and UG/PG students to explore a diversified range of topics in postharvest strategies relevant to food processing, food technologies, agro-processing and quality control. - Thoroughly explores major preharvest losses due to non-availabilities of the latest technologies - Describes the latest trends in the supply chain to minimize preharvest losses - Provides an overview on smart technologies such as nanotechnology, IoTs and blockchain technology

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Technology & Engineering

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Food Science

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Technology & Engineering

Cover
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Contents
List of contributors
About the editors
Foreword
Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations
List of Tables
Chapter 1 : Pre-harvest treatments affecting the post-harvest quality of fresh produce
Chapter 2 : Postharvest waste management and circular bioeconomy: innovations, gaps, and opportunities
Chapter 3 : Importance of maturity indexing in postharvest management of selected subtropical and temperate fruits
Chapter 4 : Endophytic fungi in postharvest disease management in fresh produce
Chapter 5 : Microbiological impact and control strategies to monitor postharvest losses in fruits and vegetables
Chapter 6 : Postharvest biology: genomics and omics strategies to enhance food security
Chapter 7 : Application of cold plasma for fresh produce quality and shelf-life extension
Chapter 8 : Integrated water management and its significance prior to, during, and after harvesting of fresh horticultural produce
Chapter 9 : Intervention of fermentation in preservation and nutritional enhancement of common millets
Chapter 10 : Recent advancements in smart and intelligent packaging technologies: an overview
Chapter 11 : Antimicrobial active packaging materials for shelf life extension of fruits and vegetables: recent trend and future perspectives
Chapter 12 : Green and nondestructive technologies: Postharvest management of fresh produce
Chapter 13 : Packaging, logistics, and storage strategies for minimizing postharvest decay of perishable commodities
Chapter 14 : Industry 4.0 technologies in postharvest operations: current trends and implications
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