Publisher's Synopsis
The technological processes of harvesting, handling, processing, preservation and storage of horticultural crops cannot be fully appreciated without recourse to good understanding of the fundamentals of the biological nature of the crops, composition of the crop, crop utilization potentials as well as the nutritional qualities from the view point of their behaviour under prevailing or modeled atmospheric conditions. This book is designed to provide the students with a good understanding in fruits and vegetables handling, processing, and technological advances in preservation of fruits and vegetable from harvest t.ill it gets to the consumer table or ended at the store shelf as finished products. Fruits and vegetables surfers the highest degree of deterioration at all levels of technological involvement right from maturity till shelving. This book is therefore packaged to advance knowledge and increase understanding of the nature of the fruits and vegetables in order to match up the principles and techniques of crops handling, processing and storage in order to minimize post harvest losses.
