1st Edition

Postharvest Technology of Horticultural Crops

    This book is an informative introduction to the post-harvest technology of horticultural crops, and their conservation and management. The different post-harvest handling operations including storage aspects are also covered. Innovative processing technologies like high-pressure processing, irradiation, cold plasma technique and ohmic heating are also discussed in the book.

    Preface

    About the Authors

    1 Post-Harvest Technology: An Introduction

    2 Harvesting of Horticultural Crops

    3 Post-harvest Handling

    4 Packaging of Horticultural Products

    5 Hygiene and Sanitation in Post-harvest Handling

    6 Post-harvest Quality and Safety Management

    7 Processing of Fruits and Vegetables

    8 Storage of Fruits and Vegetables

    9 Preparing Product from Market

    10 Prevention of Post-harvest Losses

    11 Advance Technnologies for Food Preservation

    References

    Biography

    Priya Awasthi received her M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture in 2002 and PhD in Fruit Science in 2006 with first class from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. She started his career in Jawahar Lal Nehru Krishi Vishwavidyalaya, Jabalpur as Assistant Professor. After that, she joined as an Associate Professor in the Department of Post-Harvest Technology, College of Horticulture, BUAT, Banda, where now she is Professor & Head of the Department of Post-Harvest Technology.

    Subhash Chandra Singh received M.Sc. (Ag.) Horticulture in the year 2001 and Ph.D. in Fruit Science in the year 2005 and secured first class from Govind Ballabh Pant University of Agriculture & Technology, Pantnagar, Uttarakhand. At present he is Associate Professor, Fruit Science in College of Horticulture, BUAT, Banda, India.

    Rohit Kumar is currently pursuing Ph.D. Post-Harvest Technology degree from College of Horticulture, Banda University of Agriculture and Technology, Banda, Uttar Pradesh, India.