Fruit and Vegetable Quality

vacuole, 108

validity, 147–148, 235, 257

value, 174, 228, 242, 271, 273–274, 279,

301–303

chain, 249, 251

Value-Added Partnerships (VAP), 249

variance, 161

vector mode, 161

vegetable oil, 36, 40

Veracruz, 282

verbalization, 182, 209

vernalization, 96, 99, 101, 111, 113, 115

vertical integration, 251

vine ripened, 31, 112

viral resistance, 25, 27, 41

viscosity, 28, 30–31

visual

evaluation, 179, 195

inspection, 230

model, 267, 279, 280

vitality, 134, 256

vitamin, 32–33, 35, 40, 45, 57, 86, 147,

179, 256–258, 260–261

A, 32–33, 35, 40

E, 32–33

vocabulary, 169

voice of the customer, 200, 205, 217

walnut, 25

warehouse, 270–271, 282

washing 261

water

loss, 93, 98, 100, 131

potential, 91

vapor, 103

water vapor pressure deficit, 103–104

watermelon, 25, 38, 100

waxing, 104

weather, 90

Weber’s law, 182

weight

coefficient, 261

reduction, 210

welfare, 230

Weltanschauung, 269

whats, 270

wheat, 26, 33, 53, 55–57

wholesale, 9–10, 59, 134, 211–215, 232,

234–235, 271

willingness to

consume, 152, 303

pay, 50, 54, 179, 202, 230, 237,

254–255

purchase, 150, 303

wilting, 28, 93, 273

World Health Organization (WHO), 87

World Trade Organization (WTO), 251

workshop, 282

world view, 269, 283

Xalpa, 282

xanthophyll, 32, 34

xylem, 103

xyloglucan, 30

yellowing, 28, 102, 116

yield, 23, 27, 41, 43, 48–50, 212,

215–216, 286–289, 292–293

optimization, 287

zeaxanthin, 32

zucchini, 25

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