Fruit and Vegetable Quality

decay, 135–137

defect, 86–87, 129, 135, 181, 242

definition, 6, 8, 45, 47, 123, 125, 135,

146, 150, 201, 223, 227, 250, 297,

302

dimensions, 8

dynamics, 228

enhancement, 149–150

evaluation, 86, 94, 123, 126–127, 138,

144, 202–220, 282, 296

expectation, 203

experience, 202–204

external, 12, 86–87, 93

improvement, 92, 122, 212, 223, 261,

307

internal, 12, 85, 87

function, 129, 147

guidelines, 10

ideal, 145

improvement, 147, 304

inspection, 144

level, 299

limit, 128–129, 135–138, 141, 301, 304

loss, 12, 65, 91, 97, 101, 112, 134–135,

211, 273

maintenance, 100, 147, 150

management, 9–10, 47, 57, 63, 85, 144,

148, 178, 195, 200, 246–264, 283

marker, 122

maximization, 144–145

measurement, 47, 52–53, 57, 123, 138,

142, 178–179, 184, 194–195, 199,

201–205, 207, 209, 211–220, 223,

227–228, 252, 298, 300, 304

modeling, 14–17, 126, 129–142,

202–220, 240–241, 292–294, 307

objectives, 48

of life, 207, 209

perception, 4, 11, 130, 181, 183, 238,

242

performance, 63

perspective, 296, 302

preference segment, 149–150

pricing, 232

principle, 146

problems 231

optimization, 144

oriented pricing, 228

range, 299–300

requirements, 48, 86–87, 250

retention, 98

standard, 87, 125, 229–230, 234, 252

target, 122

trait, 21–25, 27, 31, 36, 38–41, 43,

47–49, 52–57, 59

variation, 65

view, 302

Quality Enhancement (QE) model, 145,

149–152, 154, 300–301

Quality Function Deployment (QFD), 14,

17, 199–220, 300–301

quantification, 182, 223, 257, 260, 262,

272, 280

quantitative

genetics, 23

model, 1, 14–17, 47, 49, 63, 122, 126,

129–142, 147, 158, 172–173, 183,

202–220, 223, 238, 240–241, 257,

276, 292, 300

techniques, 206, 253

Quantitative Descriptive Analysis (QDA),

186–187, 195

quantitative trait loci (QTL), 22–23, 40

questionnaire development, 217, 253

quinone, 34, 106

quota sampling, 253

radicchio, 25–26, 36–37

radish, 90–91, 93

randomization, 185

rapeseed, 25–26, 37, 57

oil, 35, 40

raspberry, 25, 28, 38

ratio scaling, 183

rational consumer, 240

raw

material, 3, 5, 12, 15, 55, 57, 247

products, 44–45, 52, 252

reaction time, 160

ready-to-eat, 44, 101

ready-to-use, 115

real-world situation, 269

recognition, 182, 251

recommendable, 188–190, 192

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