Managing Quality of Fruit and Vegetables. Woodhead Publishing Series in Food Science, Technology and Nutrition

Table of Contents

Part 1 Importance of fruit and vegetables in food systems 1. General introduction (FAV in food and nutrition security) 2. Global trade in fruit and vegetables 3. Global trends affecting quality management of fruit and vegetables 4. Postharvest losses and waste of fruit and vegetable

Part 2 Biochemical and physiological basis of fruit and vegetable quality 5. Growth and development 6. Maturity, ripening and senescence 7. Respiration, transpiration and weight loss 8. Pre-harvest factors affecting postharvest quality

Part 3 Industrial approaches to quality management 9. Approaches to quality management 10. Quality management systems

Part 4 Maturity and Quality Indicators 11. Maturity Assessing readiness for harvest 12. Definition, perspectives and orientations of quality 13. Techniques and procedures for measuring quality

Part 5 Harvesting and Postharvest Handling 14. Harvesting and field preparation 15. Precooling techniques 16. Packhouse operations sorting, grading and packing 17. Treatment of fruit and vegetables (ripening, pests, diseases and disorders) 18. Mechanical damage of fruit and vegetables

Part 6 Storage and Packaging Technologies 19. Refrigerated storage 20. Hyperbaric/Hypobaric storage 21. Controlled atmosphere storage 22. Logistics packaging (for bulk storage and transport) 23. Modified atmosphere packaging (for retail and consumer handling)

Part 7 Emerging Issues in Quality Management of Fruit and Vegetables 24.  Climate change and postharvest quality 25.  Nutrition-sensitive postharvest management 26.  Branding and marketing of fruit and vegetables 27.  Quality standards and food waste 28.  Next generation postharvest technologies for quality management (the role of emerging postharvest innovation triad biotechnology, nanotechnology and ICT)

Authors

Opara, Umezuruike Linus Professor Opara serves on the advisory board of international organisations such as the Horticulture Innovation Lab of the Feed the Future Programme in the USA. He is the honorary vice president of the International Commission of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering (CIGR) and honorary chair of the CIGR Section VI: Postharvest Technology and Agro-Processing. He also chairs the International Society for Horticultural Science's Vegetables Section (Roots, Tuber, Edible Bulbs, Brassica & Asparagus). He is the founding editor-in-chief of the International Journal of Postharvest Technology, and has published over 200 articles in peer-reviewed journals, book chapters and industry journals. He has given over 150 oral presentations at international conferences, including several invited keynotes addresses and served in expert panels related to food security, value addition and agricultural transformation. This member of the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) graduated in agricultural engineering from the University of Nigeria Nsukka, and holds a PhD from Massey University in New Zealand.