"Furnishes exhaustive, single-source coverage of the production and postharvest technology of more than 70 major and minor vegetables grown in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions throughout the world. Provides comparative data for each vegetable presented. "
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. . .a useful reference for the food scientist, nutritionist, food chemist or horticulturist interested in vegetables. . ..a good introduction to the production and marketing of most commerically important vegetable crops. . ..recommend[ed] to anyone working with studying vegetables and their utilization.
---Food Research International
As a comprehensive overview and handbook, this is an excellent source for students studying horiticulture, agricultural marketing, food science, and nutrition. The graphs, charts, and figures will prove exceptionally useful for practitioners in both developed and developing countries. The forte of this work is the voluminous historical reference and the convenience of cumlating an abundance of information, which would otherwise be scattered.
---E-Streams (Agriculture - Plant Culture)
. . .Considering both the contents of the book as well as the arrangement of information it should be assessed as extremely valuable.
---Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
. . .This is a thoroughly research publication, providing a comprehensive compendium of information on vegetable production and post-harvest practices in the major production centres of the world.
---Experimental Agriculture
---Food Research International
As a comprehensive overview and handbook, this is an excellent source for students studying horiticulture, agricultural marketing, food science, and nutrition. The graphs, charts, and figures will prove exceptionally useful for practitioners in both developed and developing countries. The forte of this work is the voluminous historical reference and the convenience of cumlating an abundance of information, which would otherwise be scattered.
---E-Streams (Agriculture - Plant Culture)
. . .Considering both the contents of the book as well as the arrangement of information it should be assessed as extremely valuable.
---Acta Physiologiae Plantarum
. . .This is a thoroughly research publication, providing a comprehensive compendium of information on vegetable production and post-harvest practices in the major production centres of the world.
---Experimental Agriculture
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Hunger is a widespread and growing phenomenon, and billions of people suffer from severe malnutrition in Asian, African, and Latin American countries (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common methi, cucurbitaceous crops, green pea production, commercial storage operations, flatus factors, clove weight, cassava fermentation, glycoalkaloid formation, intercultural operations, interculture operations, sulfur fertility, pointed gourd, ridge gourd, artificial curing, gray mold rot, irradiated potatoes, onion cultivars, watery soft rot, hypobaric storage, eggplant fruits, postharvest physiology, marketable life, dehydrated peas, commodity requirements, ash gourd Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Food Sci, United States, New York, New Delhi, Food Chem, Boca Raton, Food Technol, Academic Press, Food Agric, Department of Agriculture, Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Naya Prokash, Food Res, United Kingdom, South America, Indian Food Packer, Acta Hort, Central America, South Indian Hort, Marcel Dekker, National Book Trust, Postharvest Biotechnology of Vegetables, Potato Res, Van Nostrand Reinhold, North America New!
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Hunger is a widespread and growing phenomenon, and billions of people suffer from severe malnutrition in Asian, African, and Latin American countries (1). Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
common methi, cucurbitaceous crops, green pea production, commercial storage operations, flatus factors, clove weight, cassava fermentation, glycoalkaloid formation, intercultural operations, interculture operations, sulfur fertility, pointed gourd, ridge gourd, artificial curing, gray mold rot, irradiated potatoes, onion cultivars, watery soft rot, hypobaric storage, eggplant fruits, postharvest physiology, marketable life, dehydrated peas, commodity requirements, ash gourd Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Food Sci, United States, New York, New Delhi, Food Chem, Boca Raton, Food Technol, Academic Press, Food Agric, Department of Agriculture, Mahatma Phule Agricultural University, Naya Prokash, Food Res, United Kingdom, South America, Indian Food Packer, Acta Hort, Central America, South Indian Hort, Marcel Dekker, National Book Trust, Postharvest Biotechnology of Vegetables, Potato Res, Van Nostrand Reinhold, North America New!
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