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from C.H.I.P.S.
Science and Technology Volume 1: Principles and Practice edited by Peter Golob Graham Farrell and John E. Orchard
This essential handbook is the first in a three-volume series which covers all factors affecting post-harvest quality of all major fruits, vegetables, cereals and other crops.
Compiled by members of the world-renowned Natural Resources Institute at the University of Greenwich, Chatham, UK, the comprehensive contents of this landmark publication encourage interactions between each sector of the agricultural community in order to improve food security, food safety and food quality in today’s global atmosphere.
Through the carefully compiled and edited chapters, internationally respected authors discuss ways to improve harvest yield and quality, drawing on their many years’ practical experience and the latest research findings, applications and methodologies.
Subjects covered include:
An invaluable glossary showing important pests, pathogens and plants is also included.
Crop Post-Harvest: Science and Technology Volume 1: Principles and Practice is a must-have reference book which offers the reader an overview of the globalisation of post-harvest science, technology, economics, and the development of the storage and handling of perishable and durable products.
Volumes 2 and 3 will go on to explore durables and perishables individually in more detail, with many case studies taken from around the globe.
Contents
Annex A: Table of common and Latin names of pests, with commodities attacked
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