About the Book
This book, chock full of color illustrations, addresses the main postharvest physiological disorders studied in fruits and vegetables. For a wide variety of fruits and vegetables, Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruits and Vegetables describes visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and approaches to predict and control these disorders after harvest. Color photographs illustrate the disorders, important factors, physiology, and management. The book includes a detailed description of the visual symptoms, triggering and inhibiting mechanisms, and possible approaches to predict and control physiological disorders. The mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the disorders are discussed in detail in each chapter, based on recent studies, which can help readers better understand the factors regulating each disorder. The description of possible approaches to predict and control each disorder can help growers, shippers, wholesalers, and retailers to determine the best management practices to reduce disorder incidence and crop losses.
Features:
Presents visual symptoms of postharvest physiological disorders that will help readers to precisely identify the disorders in fruits and vegetables
Details mechanisms triggering and inhibiting the postharvest disorders
Explains possible approaches to predict and control these disorders
Suggests the best postharvest management approaches for each crop
Although there are many scientific publications on postharvest physiological disorders, there are no recent reviews or books putting together the most recent information about the mechanisms regulating, as well as about the possible approaches to predict and control these disorders.
Table of Contents:
Contents
Dedication................................................................................................................................................... v
Foreword..................................................................................................................................................xiii
Preface....................................................................................................................................................xvii
Acknowledgments....................................................................................................................................xix
Editors......................................................................................................................................................xxi
Contributors...........................................................................................................................................xxiii
Section I General Issues, Physiological and Technological Effects
1 Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruit and Vegetables...................................................... 3
Sergio Tonetto de Freitas and Sunil Pareek
2 Pre-Harvest Cultural Practices Affecting Postharvest Physiological Disorders,
Minerals, and Titratable Acidity in Cucurbit Melon.................................................................. 15
Hong Li
3 Oxidative Stress and Physiological Disorders.............................................................................. 29
Christian Larrigaudière and Jordi Giné-Bordonaba
4 Chilling Injury................................................................................................................................. 61
Palash Biswas and David A. Brummell
5 Disorders During Storage of Fruits and Vegetables.................................................................... 89
Daniel Alexandre Neuwald, Adriano Arriel Saquet, Nadine Klein
6 Positive and Negative Effects of Heat Treatment on the Incidence of Physiological
Disorders in Fresh Produce.......................................................................................................... 111
Elazar Fallik and Zoran Ilic
7 Cracking in Fruits and Vegetables.............................................................................................. 127
Ali Khadivi
Section II Temperate Fruits
8 Apple............................................................................................................................................... 165
Christopher B. Watkins and James P. Mattheis
9 Berries............................................................................................................................................ 207
R.R. Sharma and Vijay Rakesh Reddy S.
10 Cherry............................................................................................................................................ 223
Bed Prasad Khatiwada and Elizabeth Mitcham
11 Table Grape................................................................................................................................... 237
Bruno G. Defilippi, Sebastian A. Rivera, Alonso Perez-Donoso, Mauricio Gonzalez-
Aguero, and Reinaldo Campos-Vargas
12 Muskmelon..................................................................................................................................... 261
Juan Pablo Fernandez-Trujillo
13 Peach and Nectarine..................................................................................................................... 293
George A. Manganaris, Ariel R. Vicente, Pedro J. Martinez-Garcia, and Carlos H. Crisosto
14 European Pear............................................................................................................................... 305
Yan Wang and Kazem Arzani
15 Asian Pear...................................................................................................................................... 329
Kazem Arzani
Section III Tropical and Sub-Tropical Fruits
16 Banana............................................................................................................................................ 349
Scot C. Nelson and Sarah J. Pethybridge
17 Citrus.............................................................................................................................................. 377
Joanna Lado, Paul JR Cronje, Maria Jesus Rodrigo, and Lorenzo Zacarias
18 Date................................................................................................................................................. 399
Salah M. Aleid
19 Kiwifruit......................................................................................................................................... 421
Sunny George Gwanpua, Munazza Saeed, Abdul Jabbar and Julian Heyes
20 Litchi............................................................................................................................................... 435
Yueming Jiang
21 Mango............................................................................................................................................. 443
Jeffrey K. Brecht
22 Papaya............................................................................................................................................ 467
Jurandi G. OLIVEIRA, Luis M.M. MORALES, Willian B. SILVA, Aroldo GOMES FILHO
and Robert E. PAULL
23 Persimmon..................................................................................................................................... 495
C. Besada, A. Woolf and A. Salvador
24 Pineapple........................................................................................................................................ 513
Robert E. Paull and Nancy Jung Chen
25 Pomegranate.................................................................................................................................. 529
Mustafa Erkan and Adem Dogan
26 Rambutan and Longkong............................................................................................................. 551
Chalermchai Wongs-Aree and Sompoch Noichinda
27 Mangosteen.................................................................................................................................... 589
Sompoch Noichinda, Kitti Bodhipadma and Chalermchai Wongs-Aree
28 Amazon Fruit................................................................................................................................. 615
Joao P. Santos Neto, Deborah O. De Fusco, Patricia Maria Pinto, and Gustavo Henrique
de Almeida Teixeira
Section IV Vegetables and Tubers
29 Brassicas......................................................................................................................................... 631
Joaqui n H. Hasperue , Facundo Massolo, and Gustavo A. Marti nez
30 Cucurbits........................................................................................................................................ 661
Jamal Javanmardi and Mohammad Pessarakli
31 Potato Tuber.................................................................................................................................. 691
Dilson A. Bisognin, Arione da S. Pereira, and Sergio Tonetto de Freitas
32 Solanaceous Fruits......................................................................................................................... 705
Vicente A.R., Concellon A., Zaro M.J., and Ortiz C.M
33 Tropical Tuber Crops................................................................................................................... 719
Sanket J. More, V. Ravi, and Saravanan Raju
Section V Processed Fruits and Vegetables
34 Fresh-Cut Fruits and Vegetables..................................................................................................761
Amodio M.L., Cefola M., Pace B., and Colelli G.
35 Juice of Fruits and Vegetables..................................................................................................... 785
Ana Cecilia Poloni Rybka, Aline Telles Biasoto Marques, Rita de Cassia Mirela Resende
Nassur, and Emanuel Jose Nascimento Marques
Section VI Final Considerations
36 Future Studies on Postharvest Physiological Disorders in Fruit and Vegetables................... 805
Sérgio Tonetto de Freitas and Sunil Pareek
Index....................................................................................................................................................... 815
About the Author :
Sergio Tonetto de Freitas is a researcher on Postharvest Physiology and Technology at the Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation, Embrapa. Before working at Embrapa, he was a PhD student in the Plant Biology Graduate Group, and latter a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Plant Science Department at the University of California, Davis. His PhD and Postdoctoral researches were focused on understanding the mechanisms regulating fruit susceptibility to calcium (Ca2+) deficiency disorders. Although these disorders have been studied for more than a hundred years, his PhD and Postdoctoral studies proved for the first time that fruit susceptibility to Ca2+ deficiency disorders is mainly regulated by mechanisms controlling cellular Ca2+ partitioning and distribution. He also has experience in biochemistry, plant molecular biology, laboratory techniques, statistic programs. He has received a total of five UCDavis awards, three Jastro Shields research award, one Joseph M. Ogawa research and teaching endowment award, and one Shapiro Family award for excellence in science.
Dr. Sunil Pareek obtained Ph.D. in Horticulture (PHT) from Rajasthan Agricultural University, Bikaner, India. He joined Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India in 2005. Before moving as Associate Professor to National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management (NIFTEM), Kundli, Haryana, India in 2015 he was at Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology (MPUAT), Udaipur, India from 2005 to 2015. He is involved in teaching UG, PG and Ph.D. students with special focus on postharvest physiology, technology and processing of fruits. Dr. Pareek has published more than 40 papers, 40 presentations in National and International Seminars and Conferences, 6 books, 3 manuals, 6 technical bulletins, 40 popular articles, and several book chapters to his credit.
