Packaging and Storage of Fruits and Vegetables Emerging Trends

1. Physicochemical and Physiological Changes During Storage

Sandeep Singh Rana, Rama Chandra Pradhan, and Sabyasachi Mishra

2. Quality Characteristics of Packaging Materials and Containers Used for Storage of Fresh Produce

Aastha Bhardwaj, Bisma Jan, and Tanweer Alam

3. Packaging and Storage of Fruits and Vegetables for Quality Preservation

Kundan Kishore and Deepa Samant

4. Biodegradable Packaging: A Sustainable Approach for Packaging of Fruits and Vegetables

Abhishek Dutt Tripathi, Arpit Shrivastava, Kamlesh Kumar Maurya, Divya Kumari Keshari, and Tanweer Alam

5. Edible Coating for Improvement of Horticulture Crops

Meenakshi Garg, Prabhjot Kaur, and Susmita Dey Sadhu

6. Active Packaging of Fruits and Vegetables: Quality Preservation and Shelf-Life Enhancement

Gaurav Kr Deshwal, Swati Tiwari, Narender Raju Panjagari, and Sahar Masud

7. Modified Atmosphere Packaging for Horticultural Products

Tanweer Alam, Priti Khemariya, and Mohammed Wasim Siddiqui

8. Storage of Fruits and Vegetables: An Overview

Soumitra Banerjee, Swarrna Haldar, B. N. Skanda Kumar, and Jayeeta Mitra

9. Characterization of Modern Cold Storage for Horticulture Crops

Jinku Bora, Thoithoi Tongbram, Mifftha Yaseen, Muneeb Malik, and Entesar Hanan

10. Sanitation and Hygiene Process in Storage

Meenakshi Garg, Sadhana Sharma, Rajni Chopra, and Susmita Dey Sadhu

11. Insect Pest Infestation During Storage of Fruits and Vegetables

Mifftha Yaseen, Basharat Ahmad Bhat, Jinku Bora, Yasmeena Jan, Muneeb Malik, and Z. R. A. A. Azad

12. Postharvest Diseases in Fruits and Vegetables During Storage

Meetaksh Kamboj, Nitin Chauhan, and Pawas Goswami

Biography

Tanweer Alam, PhD, is Director of the Indian Institute of Packaging, Mumbai, India. Before joining IIP, he was a member of the teaching faculty at Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, SHUATS, Allahabad, and Jiwaji University, Gwalior, India. He has been working for more than a decade at different academic institutions and is also involved in the teaching of graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral students. His doctoral research work at the prestigious National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal, India, was based on modified atmosphere packaging of food products. He visited the University of Copenhagen, Denmark, under a faculty exchange program funded by the European Union under the East-West Food Project. He has participated in INTERPACK, Dusseldorf, Germany, and was a jury member for the Asia Star and World Star awards. Dr. Alam has organized several national and international conferences and workshops for promoting the packaging industry. He has published research and technical articles in high-impact refereed journals and has delivered invited lectures both in India and abroad. He has also published book chapters and has edited dozens of proceedings and technical souvenirs. He is Associate Editor of the Asian Journal of Dairy Science and the Journal of Postharvest Technology, Managing Editor of the Journal of Packaging Technology and Research, and an editorial board member of the magazine Processed Food Industry.

“The latest information on various aspects of storage and packaging for effective quality preservation of fruits and vegetables. . . . Greatly beneficial to graduate and postgraduate students and teaching professionals of horticultural science, food science and technology, and packaging technology. The academic scientific research community and horticulture and packaging industry will also be benefitted.”
From the Foreword by A. K. Srivastava
Chairman Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, Ministry of Agriculture & Farmer Welfare, India