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Record Nr.

UNINA9910132349903321

Autore

Thompson A. K (A. Keith)

Titolo

Fruit and vegetables : harvesting, handling and storage / / A. K. Thompson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

West Sussex, England : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-118-65397-1

1-118-65400-5

Edizione

[Third edition.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1035 p.)

Collana

Introduction and Fruit ; ; Volume 1

Disciplina

634/.0441

Soggetti

Fruit - Postharvest technology

Vegetables - Postharvest technology

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction and fruit

Sommario/riassunto

Completely revised, updated and enlarged, now encompassing two volumes, this third edition of Fruit and Vegetables reviews and evaluates, in comprehensive detail, post harvest aspects of a very wide international range of fresh fruit and vegetables as it applies to their physiology, quality, technology, harvest maturity determination, harvesting methods, packaging, post harvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening and transportation. The new edition of this definitive work, which contains many full colour photographs, and details of species not covered in the previous editions,