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This edited volume provides insight into temperate fruits, with an
emphasis on postharvest physiology, storage, packaging and
technologies for maintaining fruit quality. Chapters are devoted to
individual fruits and focus on fundamental issues such as methods
for maintaining or enhancing quality, minimizing postharvest
losses, and recommended technologies to boost demand. Contributions
come from experts in the field, making this a key reference for all
aspects of postharvest management of temperate fruits. The volume
is unique in its focus on the biodiversity, nutritional and health
benefits, and postharvest technologies for shelf life enhancement
of temperate fruits. Contributing authors address the postharvest
biology and technology of individual temperate fruits such as plum,
cherry, peach, apricot, apple, pear, quince, loquat, kiwi,
persimmon and berries. There has been tremendous growth in the
research and development of new techniques to maintain the quality
of temperate fruits from farm to table. Contributions from experts
in the field cover these recent advances, providing up-to-date and
relevant information for researchers, postharvest/fruit
technologists, food scientists, postgraduate students, and others
working in the industry.
This edited volume provides insight into temperate fruits, with an
emphasis on postharvest physiology, storage, packaging and
technologies for maintaining fruit quality. Chapters are devoted to
individual fruits and focus on fundamental issues such as methods
for maintaining or enhancing quality, minimizing postharvest
losses, and recommended technologies to boost demand. Contributions
come from experts in the field, making this a key reference for all
aspects of postharvest management of temperate fruits. The volume
is unique in its focus on the biodiversity, nutritional and health
benefits, and postharvest technologies for shelf life enhancement
of temperate fruits. Contributing authors address the postharvest
biology and technology of individual temperate fruits such as plum,
cherry, peach, apricot, apple, pear, quince, loquat, kiwi,
persimmon and berries. There has been tremendous growth in the
research and development of new techniques to maintain the quality
of temperate fruits from farm to table. Contributions from experts
in the field cover these recent advances, providing up-to-date and
relevant information for researchers, postharvest/fruit
technologists, food scientists, postgraduate students, and others
working in the industry.
Results of regular monitoring of the species diversity and
structure of plant communities is used by conservation biologists
to help understand impacts of perturbations caused by humans and
other environmental factors on ecosystems worldwide. Changes in
plant communities can, for example, be a reflection of increased
levels of pollution, a response to long-term climate change, or the
result of shifts in land-use practices by the human population.
This book presents a series of essays on the application of plant
biodiversity monitoring and assessment to help prevent species
extinction, ecosystem collapse, and solve problems in biodiversity
conservation. It has been written by a large international team of
researchers and uses case studies and examples from all over the
world, and from a broad range of terrestrial and aquatic
ecosystems. The book is aimed at any graduate students and
researchers with a strong interest in plant biodiversity monitoring
and assessment, plant community ecology, biodiversity conservation,
and the environmental impacts of human activities on ecosystems.
This book focuses on the production technology of temperate nuts.
It explores cultivar and plant improvement, development and
selection of rootstocks, plant–water relations and irrigation,
canopy architecture, and postharvest packaging of nut fruits. It
also deals with organic approaches, biotechnological interventions,
diseases, and pest management. Contributing authors address nut
fruits such as walnut, pecan nut, chestnut, and hazel nut on
different recent aspects. The development achieved in the fruit
sector is indicative of the fact that there is growing demand of
fruit produce. Temperate nuts with health benefits and market
acceptability have best sources of fat, fiber, protein, and
mineral. They provide dietary fiber, potassium, and a variety of
health-protective bioactive compounds. Apart from the health
benefits, production of temperate nuts improves the economy of the
country as these are very good source of income and employment. In
addition, there is wide diversification in the production pattern
of nuts globally. Increased production technology such as hybrids,
high-yielding selections/ varieties, improved propagation
techniques, and increased use of fertilizers and manures have
brought spectacular increase in the production of nut fruits. This
book is of interest to teachers, scientists, researchers, and
scholars. Also, the book serves as additional reading material for
undergraduate and postgraduate students of agriculture and
horticulture. Horticulture nurseries and orchard industries also
find this to be a useful read.
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