Fruit and Vegetable Quality
al., 1978) but also for the same produce dependent on internal turgor and external air humidity as well as stage of development. ...
75–80% for dry onions. Stored in air with a lower RH, most vegetables lose water with the rate of transpiration dependent on wat ...
erated vegetables (MPR). Besides reducing respiration, MA can reduce microbial spoilage, the incidence of physiological disorder ...
therefore not to be dependent on concurrent deprivation of the senesc- ing tissue. If senescence in monocarpic plants represents ...
scribed the influence of light on color retention during handling and re- tailing of vegetables. Degreening is the most clear in ...
hours after harvest (Abeles et al., 1992). Harvest always introduces wounding stress and it is therefore conceivable that postha ...
Mechanisms to prevent peroxidation of membrane lipids are linked to the activity of antioxidant enzymes and endogenous antioxida ...
A common feature of most biennial vegetables is accumulation of mainly soluble carbohydrates in the storage organ during the fir ...
Postharvest treatment of preclimacteric fruit with ethylene often con- tributes to a faster and more uniform ripening before dis ...
zone of their origin combined with breeding for adaptation to new grow- ing areas. For cultivars suitable for the northern hemis ...
Compared with cabbage cores, the sucrose/hexose ratio in carrot roots increases over the harvest period but with minor changes i ...
on the growing crop (Goodliffe and Heale, 1975). If the crop remains in the soil over the winter (e.g., storage of carrots by “s ...
segment of consumers willing to pay for both convenience and quality. The future for minimally processed, refrigerated vegetable ...
Abeles, F. B., Morgan, P. W., and Saltveit Jr., M. E. 1992. Ethylene in Plant Biol- ogy,Academic Press, New York. Ahvenainen, R. ...
Heaton, J. W. and Marangoni, A. G. 1996. Chlorophyll degradation in processed and senescent plant tissues. Trends in Food Scienc ...
Nilsson, T. 1988. Growth and carbohydrate composition of winter white cabbage intended for long-term storage. I. Effects of late ...
Sastry, S. K., Baird, C. D., and Buffington, D. E. 1978. Transpiration rates of cer- tain fruits and vegetables. ASHRAE Transact ...
Yamauchi, N. and Watada, A. E. 1991. Regulated chlorophyll degradation in spinach leaves during storage. J. Amer. Soc. Hort. Sci ...
COMMON GROUND Quality of fresh fruits and vegetables is the result of a complex interaction of genetic, production and handling ...
SECTION THREE QUALITY CONTEXT The ultimate judge of fruit and vegetable quality is the consumer. Product quality characteristic ...
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