| Description |
xiii, 279 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Series |
Sheffield biological sciences ; 9 |
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Sheffield biological sciences ; 9
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| Contents |
1. Fruits in the global market / Adel A. Kader -- 2. Inorganic nutrients and fruit quality / Ian B. Ferguson and Linda M. Boyd -- 3. Fruit texture, cell wall metabolism and consumer perceptions / Robert J. Redgwell and Monica Fischer -- 4. Fruit flavor, volatile metabolism and consumer perceptions / Elizabeth A. Baldwin -- 5. Temperature management / Susan Lurie -- 6. Atmosphere control using oxygen and carbon dioxide / Nazir Mir and Randolph Beaudry -- 7. Mechanical injury / Michael Knee and A. Raymond Miller -- 8. Ethylene synthesis, mode of action, consequences and control / Christopher B. Watkins -- 9. Management of postharvest diseases / David Sugar -- 10. Genetic control of fruit ripening / Graham B. Seymour and Kenneth Manning |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Fruit -- Quality.
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| Author |
Knee, Michael, 1944-
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| LC no. |
2004295419 |
| ISBN |
0849397812 CRC |
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1841272302 |
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