Fruit and Vegetable Quality

phytol, 34, 108

phytonutrient, 32–33, 35

phytopathogen, 38

pick-your-own (PYO), 229

pigment, 99, 109, 147

pineapple, 28, 241–242

planning, 249–250

plant

breeding, 1, 9–11, 14–15, 21–41, 43–60,

293

cell, 105

density, 139

health, 293–294

hormone, 98

nutrition, 187, 293–294

organ, 112

propagation, 293–294

regeneration, 22

pleasure, 209

plum, 25

policy, 251, 285–286, 291–292

policymaker, 292

pollination, 38, 214

pollutant, 32

polygalacturonase (PG), 30–31, 37–39

polygenic, 22, 40–41, 48

polyphenol, 86–87

oxidase, 106

polysaccharide, 31

polyunsaturated fatty acid, 109

poplar, 26

population, 303

dynamics, 129

pork, 55

porphorin ring, 108

postabsorptive, 161

postdigestion, 158, 160–161

postharvest, 12, 21, 31, 63, 85, 293

business, 269

chain, 97, 100, 115, 150, 298

handling, 17, 28, 39, 41, 65, 90–94,

96–115, 122, 194, 211, 223, 231, 270,

272–273, 282, 287, 298–299, 307

infection, 114

interface, 293

loss, 281

management, 150

physiology, 65, 97–98, 102, 106,

110–111, 113, 130–133, 144–147,

154, 223, 273, 296, 301–302, 304

storage, 91–92, 96–115, 122, 145,

192–194, 211, 214, 219

system, 269–279, 274–275, 298–299

potato, 25–26, 36–38, 40, 48, 57, 100,

102, 114, 228

chips, 22

potted plants, 129–136, 141

preference index, 54

precision, 146–147, 150–151, 194

preclimacteric fruit, 112

precooling, 100, 104

preference mapping, 158, 161

preharvest factors, 12, 21, 63, 85–94, 122,

269, 273, 293

premarket predictor, 147

premium, 237–238

cultivar, 145

price, 9–10, 44, 49–50, 52–57, 59, 85,

126, 128, 150–151, 170–171, 179,

202, 215, 234, 238, 251, 254, 260,

275, 286

price-quality relationship, 232

Principal-Component Analysis (PCA),

162–165, 187–191, 195

Private Body Consciousness (PBC) test,

172–173

probability distribution, 148–150

probit technique, 237

problem-based approach, 225, 285–294,

300–301

process

control, 250

element, 269

specifications, 9

processed

food 44–45, 225

peas, 216–217

vegetables, 246, 252–263

processing, 7, 13, 17, 32, 47–49, 51, 55,

57, 129, 228, 249, 260–261

characteristics, 31

conditions, 12, 14–15

industry, 228

producer, 174, 180, 211, 219, 285–294

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