Fruit and Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling and Storage [Hardcover]

Keith Thompson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 17, 2003

The second edition of this very well-received book, which in its first edition was entitled Postharvest Technology of Fruits and Vegetables, has been welcomed by the community of postharvest physiologists and technologists who found the first edition of such great use. The book covers, in comprehensive detail, postharvest physiology as it applies to postharvest quality, technology relating to maturity determination, harvesting, packaging, postharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening and transportation on a very wide international range of fruits and vegetables.

The new edition of this definitive work, which contains many full colour photographs, provides key practical and commercially-oriented information of great use in helping to ensure that fruit and vegetables reach the retailer in optimum condition, with the minimum of loss and spoilage.

Fruits and vegetables, 2nd edition is essential reading forfruit and vegetable technologists, food scientists and food technologists, agricultural scientists, commercial growers, shippers and warehousing operatives and personnel within packaging companies. Researchers and upper level students in food science, food technology, plant and agricultural sciences will find a great deal of use within this landmark book. All libraries in research establishments and universities where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies readily available for users.

A. K. Thompson was formerly Professor and head of Postharvest Technology, Silsoe College, UK.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The coloured photography is the best I have ever seen,
The index and references are complete and extremely detailed - in fact, perfect.
The author has spent his entire life in agriculture for the benefit of others. A superb book."
Food & Beverage Reporter, April 2005

"It is indisputable that Fruit and Vegetables - Harvesting, Handling and Storage, second edition will be a very fitted and servicable book for those who are closely related to crop production and marketing."
International Journal of Food Science and Technology, 2006

Book Description

The second edition of this very well-received book, which in its first edition was entitled Postharvest Technology of Fruits and Vegetables, has been welcomed by the community of postharvest physiologists and technologists who found the first edition of such great use. The book covers, in comprehensive detail, postharvest physiology as it applies to postharvest quality, technology relating to maturity determination, harvesting, packaging, postharvest treatments, controlled atmosphere storage, ripening and transportation on a very wide international range of fruits and vegetables.The new edition of this definitive work, which contains many full colour photographs, provides key practical and commercially-oriented information of great use in helping to ensure that fruit and vegetables reach the retailer in optimum condition, with the minimum of loss and spoilage.Fruits and vegetables, 2nd edition is essential reading forfruit and vegetable technologists, food scientists and food technologists, agricultural scientists, commercial growers, shippers and warehousing operatives and personnel within packaging companies. Researchers and upper level students in food science, food technology, plant and agricultural sciences will find a great deal of use within this landmark book. All libraries in research establishments and universities where these subjects are studied and taught should have copies readily available for users.A. K. Thompson was formerly Professor and head of Postharvest Technology, Silsoe College, UK..

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 480 pages
• Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell; 2 edition (November 17, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1405106190
• ISBN-13: 978-1405106191
• Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7.7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.7 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,222,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A superbly organized, fact-filled resource, March 7, 2004

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This review is from: Fruit and Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling and Storage (Hardcover)

Now in an expanded and updated second edition, Fruit And Vegetables: Harvesting, Handling And Storage by academician and agriculture expert A. K. Thompson is an extensively detailed, professional quality reference concerning the harvest, care, and storage needs of a vast variety of fruits and vegetables. Each different edible item has its own entry with meticulously presented information, including tables concerning how storage atmosphere or time affects acidity, taste, or firmness/texture qualities for vegetables such as peas, precise recommendations in degrees celsius for the optimum refrigeration temperature of many fruits and vegetables, safety concerns, and more. A superbly organized, fact-filled resource, Fruit And Vegetables is an impressive text for graduate studies Agricultural Science reading lists and as a thoroughly "user friendly", single volume, professional quality, occupational resource.