1st Edition

Novel Postharvest Treatments of Fresh Produce

Edited By Sunil Pareek Copyright 2018
    730 Pages 84 B/W Illustrations
    by CRC Press

    Consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables has increased dramatically in the last several decades. This increased consumption has put a greater burden on the fresh produce industry to provide fresher product quality, combined with a high level of food safety. Therefore, postharvest handling, storage and shipment of horticultural crops, including fruit and vegetable products has increased in importance. Novel Postharvest Treatments of Fresh Produce focuses mainly on the application of novel treatments for fruits and vegetables shipping and handling life. A greater emphasis is placed on effects of postharvest treatments on senescence and ripening, bioactive molecule contents and food safety. The work presented within this book explores a wide range of topics pertaining to novel postharvest treatments for fresh and fresh-cut fruits and vegetables including applications of various active agents, green postharvest treatments, physical treatments and combinations of the aforementioned.

    Contents

    PREFACE IX

    FOREWORD XIII

    EDITOR XV

    CONTRIBUTORS XVII

    DEDICATION XXI

    ACKNOWLEDGMENTS XXVII

    1 Nitric Oxide Treatments 1

    ZORA SINGH AND AHMAD SATTAR KHAN

    2 Oxalic Acid Treatments 35

    XIAOLIN ZHENG AND JEFFREY K. BRECHT

    3 Calcium Treatments 51

    SERGIO TONETTO de FREITAS AND

    RITA de CÁSSIA MIRELA RESENDE NASSUR

    4 Polyamines Treatments 79

    SUNIL PAREEK, SUNIL SHARMA, NARASHANS ALOK SAGAR,

    AND G.A. GONZÁLEZ-AGUILAR

    5 Methyl Jasmonate Treatments 101

    G.R. VELDERRAIN-RODRÍGUEZ, A.E. QUIRÓS-SAUCEDA,

    M. OVANDO-MARTÍNEZ, JOAQUÍN RODRIGO-GARCÍA,

    E. ALVAREZ-PARRILLA,

    GERARDO TORRES-GARCÍA,

    G.A. GONZÁLEZ-AGUILAR, AND SUNIL PAREEK

    6 Salicylic Acid Treatments 119

    M.G. GONI, A.E. QUIRÓS-SAUCEDA, G.R. VELDERRAIN-RODRÍGUEZ,

    M. OVANDO-MARTÍNEZ, S.I. ROURA, G.A. GONZÁLEZ-AGUILAR,

    AND SUNIL PAREEK

    7 1-Methylcyclopropene (1-MCP) Treatments 149

    VIJAY PAUL AND RAKESH PANDEY

    8 Ozone Treatments 217

    S. VIJAY RAKESH REDDY, D.V. SUDHAKAR RAO, AND R.R. SHARMA

    9 Hot Water Treatments 241

    ELAZAR FALLIK AND ZORAN ILIC´

    10 Combination Hot Forced Air Treatments and Controlled

    Atmosphere Treatments: CATTS—Controlled Atmosphere

    Temperature Treatment System 259

    LISA NEVEN AND SHELLEY JOHNSON

    11 Irradiation Treatments 289

    IOANNIS S. ARVANITOYANNIS AND PERSEFONI TSERKEZOU

    12 Ultraviolet Light Treatments 341

    MARIA TURTOI

    13 Precooling and Refrigerated Storage 403

    S. KANNAN, Y. GARIÉPY, AND G.S.V. RAGHAVAN

    14 Modified Atmosphere for Storage, Transportation, and

    Packaging 433

    TIMOTHY J. RENNIE AND PREDRAG S. SUNJKA

    15 A Perspective on Fruit and Vegetable Packaging 481

    MARIO ŠCˇ ETAR AND KATA GALIC´

    16 Modeling of Modified Atmosphere Packaging Based on

    Conventional Polymeric Films and Perforated Films 531

    YACHUAN ZHANG, QIANG LIU, AND XIN GENG

    17 Individual Shrink Wrapping Technology 557

    D.V. SUDHAKAR RAO

    18 Maximizing the Levels of Dietary Flavonoids in Apples

    and Rosaceae 579

    KEVIN SEATON AND MICHAEL J. CONSIDINE

    19 Flavonoids in Pome Fruits: Health Benefits,

    Genetic Control, and Prospects to Breed an Even

    Healthier Apple 595

    FUCHENG SHAN, MICHAEL J. CONSIDINE, CATHERINE P. BONDONNO,

    AND KEVIN SEATON

    20 Antioxidant Potential and Their Changes during

    Postharvest Handling of Tropical Fruits 633

    SOMPOCH NOICHINDA, KITTI BODHIPADMA,

    AND CHALERMCHAI WONGS-AREE

    21 Applications of Sensory Analysis for Fresh and

    Processed Horticultural Products 663

    HELIOFÁBIA VIRGÍNIA de VASCONCELOS FACUNDO

    AND ALEX SANDRA NASCIMENTO de SOUZA

    INDEX 679

    Biography

    Dr. Sunil Pareek born on 25th August, 1976 in India and graduated from SKN College of Agriculture, Jobner. He obtained Ph.D. in Horticulture (PHT) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, India. He joined MPUAT, Udaipur in 2005 and presently working as Assistant Professor (PHT) in Department of Horticulture, Rajasthan College of Agriculture, MPUAT, Udaipur, India. He is involved in teaching UG, PG and Ph.D. students with special focus on postharvest physiology, technology and processing of fruits. He has guided 7 M.Sc. and 2 Ph.D. students in PHT as major advisor. He has executed research projects supported by Indian Council of Agriculture Research, World Bank, Ministry of Tribal Development and Rajasthan Mission on Livelihood. Currently he is Co-Consortium Principal Investigator of National Agricultural Innovation Project on underutilized fruits, PI of AICRP Tuber Crops, PI of Processed Products Scheme, Co-PI of Integrated Farming Systems Project and Associated Scientist of Nitch Area of Excellence in Hi-tech Horticulture Project. He also provides E Training on PHT as resource person to the participants of 17 countries.