Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach Book

Systems Approach to Postharvest Handling; Business Models of Fresh Produce in the United States; Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables; Preharvest Physiological and Cultural Effects on Postharvest Quality; Measuring Quality and Maturity; Microbial Quality; Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance; Modeling Quality Characteristics; Visual Inspection and Sorting: Finding Poor Quality Before the Consumer Does; Latent Damage: A Systems Perspective; Nondestructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality or Damage; Stress Physiology: A Cellular Approach to Quality; Logistics of Fresh Produce: Implications for Quality; Postharvest Handling Under Extreme Weather Conditions; Postharvest Handling of Locally Grown Produce; Refrigeration of Fresh Produce From Field to Home: Logistics and Refrigeration and the Refrigerator; Challenges in Quality of Organic Produce; The Shrinking System: Quality Specificity of Fresh Cut Vegetables and Fruit; Tropical Fresh Fruit: Quality Challenge; Food Safety: Food Safety and Product Integrity in Critical Points Within the Production and Distribution System; Quality Management: An Industrial Approach ot Produce Handling; Produce Marketing: New Techniques At the Supermarket; Consumer Eating Habits and Fresh Produce Quality; Genetic Modification Improvements in Fresh Produce Quality: Implications for Systems Approach; Quality of Fresh Produce and Public Health; Regulation of Fresh Produce Postharvest HAndling; Interdisciplinary Solutions to Challenges in Postharvest Handling