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.
