The market sales of ready-to-use fresh vegetables have grown rapidly in recent decades as
a result of changes in consumer attitudes, especially consumption of fresh-cut lettuce and …

Peaches and nectarines ripen and deteriorate quickly at ambient temperature. Cold storage
is used to slow these processes and decay development. However, low temperature …

Disorders occurring during long-term storage of pears can cause economic loss, especially
when disordered fruit cannot be distinguished externally from sound fruit. A typical category …

This volume is the first book to give a complete description of the techniques, materials, and
instrumentation of column HPLC and its application to essentially all primary and secondary …

The tolerances of horticultural commodities to CO2 are outlined, as are also the associated
biochemical and physiological aspects of differences in tolerance between and within …

The respiratory rate of fruits and vegetables can be used as an indicator for designing
storage conditions to maximize the longevity of these commodities. One postharvest …

ABSTRACT γ-Aminobutyric acid (GABA) can accumulate in apple fruit in response to stress,
but little is known about the responses of fruit to GABA treatments. The hypothesis that GABA …

Acetaldehyde, ethanol and non-protein bound amino acids were determined in broccoli
florets (Brassica oleracea L. var. Italica cv. Marathon) stored for 7 days at 10° C in air or …

The effects of precooling, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) and controlled atmosphere
(CA) storage on the storability of snow pea pods (Pisum sativum L. var. saccharatum) at 5° C …

Firm flesh browning, a postharvest disorder of 'Empire'apples, can develop during controlled
atmosphere (CA) storage. The disorder is initiated in tissues at the stem-end tissue and …