Integrated View of Fruit and Vegetable Quality features:
- Topics range from cultural practices to postharvest handling, retailing, and home consumption
- Improve understanding of current quality issues and marketing problems
- Develop a multidisciplinary approach for optimal solutions
- Link market performance with existing institutional structures and provide incentives to supply optimal quality produce
Integrated View of Fruit and Vegetable Quality focuses on quality of produce by addressing its various aspects. The topics covered in this book address quality issues ranging from cultural practices to postharvest handling, retailing, and home consumption.
Contents
Production Economics and Postharvest
- Viticulture Economics in Turkey: An Assessment of Current Situation and Its Implications
- The Position and the Difficulties of Fruit Production in Hungary
- The Effect of Strawberry Variety and the Age of Plantation on the Yield Quality and Producer Price in Estonia
- Roles and Interactions of Business Links in Postharvest Chains
Internal Changes in Produce Quality
- Effects of Salinity, Nutrients and Spraying with CaCl 2 Solution on the Development of Calcium Deficiency in Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm.) and Curled Parsley (Petroselinum crispum (Mill.) Nym. convar. Crispum)
- Effect of Light on Calcium Accumulation and Tipburn in Chervil (Anthriscus cerefolium (L.) Hoffm.)
- Carrot Water Relations during Postharvest: Effects on Internal and External Product Quality
- Enzyme Activity and Firmness in Tomatoes
- Changes in Ascorbic Acid and Relation with Ascorbate Oxidase and Ascorbate Peroxidase in Vine Ripe or Ethylene Ripened Tomato Fruit
- Characterization of Carotenoid Composition of Carrots Affected by "Light Root Syndrome"
- RuBP Carboxylase, Nitrate Reductase and Photosynthetic Activities in Citrus Leaves as Influenced by Light Intensities and Nitrogen Levels
Evaluation of Quality
- Importance of Product Color for Total Quality Management
- On-Line Near Infrared Quality Assessment of High Moisture Plant Products
Cooling and Storage
- Effect of Precooling and Storage Temperature on Postharvest Pitting Incidence of Citrus
- The Use of Controlled Atmospheres at High Temperature to Control Fruit Flies (Anastrepha ludens and A. obliqua) and Their Effect on Mango Quality
- Ethylene Measurement and Control in Florida Citrus Degreening
Shelf Life
- Changes in Oxygen Radical Absorbance Capacity during Storage of Heat-Treated Fresh-Cut Broccoli
Certification and Shipping
- Using Simulated Test Marketing to Evaluate Consumer Purchase Interest in Environmentally Labeled Lettuce
- Analysis of Vibrations in Trucks during Transport of Vegetables and Fruits
Organic Produce
- Retailer Decision Making in Organic Produce Marketing
- Market Price Comparisons for Organic and Conventionally Grown Fruits and Vegetables Sold in North Carolina
- Production and Marketing Problems in Contract Vegetable Growing for the Food Industry in Turkey
Sensory Studies
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Acceptability of Tomatoes Defined by Sensory Attributes and Consumer Segments
Sensory Attributes and Flavor Compounds of Short-Term Stored Vegetables
Enhancement of Strawberry Aroma Quality Components After Exposure to a Novel Fumigant of Natural Origin
Produce Safety and Quality
- Display Cabinets for Perishables with Atmospheric Evaporation Cooling
- Surface Disinfection of Berry Crops with the Natural Volatile (E)-2-Hexenal
- Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in Home Handling Systems
Perceptions of Quality
- Food Processor and Consumer Acceptability of Transgenic Sweet Corn
- The Effects of Extrinsic Product Attributes on Buyers' Perceptions of Product Quality: A Causal Approach
- Comparison of Consumer and Producer Perceptions of Mushroom Quality
Marketing Chain Economics
- A Case Study Comparing the Price of Fresh Produce Sold at Farmers' Markets and Chain Supermarkets
- Using Store Level Scan Data to Analyze Fresh Produce Sales: A Case Study of Lettuce
- Effective Promotion Programs for Stimulating Pecan Purchases: The Role of Consumer Demand Models
Author Index
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