Fruit and Vegetable Quality

reducing sugar, 186–191, 193, 195

reductionistism, 293

refreshing, 172

refrigeration, 153, 282

regional

preference, 130, 141, 255

solution, 292

regression analysis, 91, 195

regrowth, 101–102, 112

regulations, 32, 35, 87, 211, 230, 252

rejection, 170–171, 184

relative humidity (RH), 104–105, 272

reliability, 52, 200, 214, 216, 257

repeated use, 171

Reperatory Grid Method (RGM), 158,

166–168

replenishment, 249

research, 150, 172, 232, 267, 271,

274–276, 281, 296, 301

Research and Development (R&D), 14,

17–18, 150, 174, 214

resource, 174

allocation, 229, 268, 274

respiration, 12, 91–92, 98–99, 100–102,

104, 106–107

resveratrol, 33

retail, 9–11, 59, 116, 174, 180, 199–200,

211–215, 234–235, 238, 242,

247–250, 263, 272, 276, 278, 280,

282, 286, 291

customer, 230

distribution, 303

level, 232

outlet, 229,232, 274

sales, 272

revenue, 50, 241, 243

reward system, 231

rhizome, 100

rice, 26, 33, 35, 55, 58

ripeness, 152, 179, 211

ripening, 27–31, 36, 38, 91, 99, 139–141,

211

bowl, 153

risk, 126, 160, 213, 242–243

management, 242

perception, 159–160

reduction, 243

regulation, 159

rotation/ reflection, 166–167

root, 90, 113

definition (RD), 269, 280–282

vegetable, 229

roundtable

participant, 278

workshop, 276, 279

Royal Gala, 162–164

rural

development, 285

economy, 158

safety, 4, 9–10, 16, 180, 214, 216, 247, 278

sales, 243, 280

salsify, 254

saponin, 86–87

satisfaction, 44, 126–127, 153, 171,

201–205, 207–211, 213, 231, 233,

236, 248–250, 264, 275, 301

Saudi Arabia, 281

scab resistance, 165

scale, 268

scaling unit, 166, 182, 254, 257

schefflera, 131–132

Schone van Boskoop, 167

scientific

community, 146

disciplines, 228, 291, 293–294, 298

score matrix, 166

security, 281

seed, 51, 260

development, 99, 211–213, 298

producer, 211–214

segmentation, 149–150, 152, 158, 162,

172, 184–185, 241, 243, 263

selection, 1, 21–24, 43, 47–50, 52–53, 57,

63, 170–171, 239, 275, 301

senescence, 96–98, 100, 106

sensory, 194, 302

analysis, 158

characteristics, 85, 159, 161, 167,

172–173, 184, 195, 201, 203,

205–206, 211–219

descriptor 161–163, 165, 168–169

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