dimension, 205
issue, 269
technological progress, 252
technology, 160
temperate zone, 97
temperature, 12, 87–90, 92, 97, 99–101,
115, 130–141, 272
control, 105
limit, 134
terminal oxidase, 105
terminology, 195, 223, 225, 296–304
terpenoid, 86
texture, 6–7, 16, 27, 30–31, 39, 53, 56, 86,
91, 98, 102–103, 144, 147–148, 151,
153, 162, 165, 167, 169, 179–180,
183, 186, 191–193, 195, 217–219,
276, 303
Thailand, 55, 58
threshold, 86–87, 92–93, 128, 288
recognition, 182
terminal, 182
thickness, 218
thinking, 173
throat dryness, 173
time
availability, 173
constraints, 44, 49
temperature tolerance method, 101
series, 234–235
titratable acidity, 186–189, 193, 195
tobacco, 26
tocopherol, 33–34, 109
tomato, 22, 25, 27–32, 34, 37–41, 45, 53,
55–56, 59, 86, 96, 99, 129, 151–152,
185–195, 232, 234, 239, 272, 281
paste, 30–31
puree, 30
top-level manager, 280
Top Red, 162–164
Total Food Quality Model, 202–205,
300–301
Total Quality Management (TQM), 200,
246, 250, 263, 300–301
toughness, 218–219
toxin, 86–87, 214
trade
association, 271, 274manager, 281
subsystem, 280
trademark, 115
Transaction Cost Economics (TCE),
247–248
transcription, 107
transdisciplinary approach, 293–294
transfer
pricing instrument, 251
product, 278–279
resistance, 103
transformation, 269, 282
transgenic plants, 25, 27–31, 33, 35–41
translation, 166–167
of needs, 211–216
transpiration, 90–92, 98, 103–104
coefficient, 103
transportation, 10, 130, 133–134, 272, 274,
277, 299, 303
trend, 268
triad, 166
trickle irrigation, 185
trierucic acid, 35–36
tropical origin, 136–137
truck, 116, 271–272, 278–279
tuber, 90–91
tuberization, 22
turgidity, 93
turgor, 102, 104, 107uniformity, 23, 27, 179, 218, 228–229,
241
United Kingdom, 167
United States, 53, 59, 229, 272, 273
University of Georgia, 272, 276, 282
University of Veracruz, 282
USDA, 38, 87
univariate analysis, 161
unsafe food, 230
unsaturated fatty acid, 106
urban, 229
use value, 236
utilization, 299–300
utility, 44–48, 50, 57, 59, 152, 233,
235–236, 301
maximization, 233, 236
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