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List of Contributors |
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Chapter 1 Postharvest Systems - New Contexts, New Imperatives |
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II Perspectives in a postharvest system |
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III Concepts in postharvest systems |
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IV New goals for postharvest systems |
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Chapter 2 Challenges in Handling Fresh Fruits and Vegetables |
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II Handling of fruits and vegetables from farm to consumer |
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A Production phase operations |
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III Toward a more integrated approach to handling |
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IV Challenges amenable to systems solutions |
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E Constrained handling systems |
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F Working at the interfaces of the postharvest system |
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Chapter 3 Consumer Eating Habits and Perceptions of Fresh Produce Quality |
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II Current fresh produce eating habits |
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A Global availability and consumption |
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B Consumption trends in North America |
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III How do consumers define quality? |
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IV Consumer perceptions of fresh produce quality |
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A Intrinsic quality cues - the influence of appearance |
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B Experiential quality attributes - taste, texture and perceptions of freshness |
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C Credence quality attributes |
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V Personal and situational variables that influence fresh produce eating habits |
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A Accessibility, price and income |
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Chapter 4 Testing and Measuring Consumer Acceptance |
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II Experience and credence attributes |
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IX Extracting information |
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XII The necessity for acceptance testing |
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Chapter 5 Nutritional Quality of Fruits and Vegetables |
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B Proteins and nitrogen compounds |
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E Digestible carbohydrates |
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A Oxidative damage and antioxidants |
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D Tocopherols and tocotrienols |
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G Factors regulating the concentrations of antioxidants in fruits and vegetables |
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Chapter 6 Value Chain Management and Postharvest Handling |
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A Firms, competitiveness and supply chains |
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B Supply chain management |
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II Value chain management |
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B Sources and drivers of value |
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C Value orientation in fresh produce chains |
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III Value chain management and postharvest systems |
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A The changing environment of VCM in the food industry |
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B VCM as a setting for postharvest horticulture |
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C Postharvest horticulture as a value creation domain |
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Chapter 7 Consumer Expenditures on Fresh Fruit and Vegetables |
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II Recommended daily fruit and vegetable consumption |
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B Average expenditure on fruits and vegetables |
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III Expenditure by income quantile in selected countries |
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A Examples of other factors influencing the choice of fresh produce |
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IV Most commonly eaten fruits and vegetables |
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Chapter 8 Postharvest Regulation and Quality Standards on Fresh Produce |
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II Regulation modifies value chain behavior |
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III The goals of regulation directed at the horticultural sector |
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A Does regulation of product quality evolve with an economy? |
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IV Levels and examples of regulation |
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V International trade regulation |
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A The World Trade Organisation (WTO) |
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B International bilateral trade agreements |
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VI A language for regulation |
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B The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) |
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C The United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) |
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VII Regulation within a supply chain |
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C Tesco - greenhouse friendly? |
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VIII On the regulation of eating quality |
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A Setting and maintaining eating quality standards on fresh produce |
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B Defining eating quality |
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C Who enforces eating quality standards? |
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D Setting the eating quality standard |
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E Examples of eating quality standards |
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IX Regulatory issues for the future? 209 Acknowledgments |
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Chapter 9 Fresh-Cut Produce Quality: Implications for a Systems Approach |
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A Consumer trends and the fresh-cut market |
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B Food safety risks in the fresh-cut chain |
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II Cultivation management for the fresh-cut industry |
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A Raw material quality for the fresh-cut industry |
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C Growing conditions and raw material production |
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D Raw material harvest and handling |
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III Processing management for the fresh-cut chain |
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A The postharvest quality of fresh-cut produce |
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C Washing, sanitation systems and processing aids |
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F Temperatures and cold chain |
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Chapter 10 Postharvest Physiology and Quality Maintenance of Tropical Fruits |
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II Factors affecting fruit quality |
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C Fruit maturity and ripening |
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D Physiological disorders |
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E Climate and agricultural practice |
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IV Postharvest quality improvement and maintenance |
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C Disorders associated with postharvest treatments |
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Chapter 11 Microbial Quality and Safety of Fresh Produce |
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II Treatments to maintain microbial quality |
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B Hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) |
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E Chlorine dioxide (ClO2) |
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F Modified atmosphere packaging (MAP) |
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A Culture- and colony-based methods |
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B Immunology-based methods |
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C Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) |
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IV Future perspectives 329 Acknowledgment |
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Chapter 12 Sorting for Defects |
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II Design and operation of manual sorting equipment |
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IV Analysis of sorting operations |
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C Signal detection theory |
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V Economics of sorting operations |
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Chapter 13 Non-Destructive Evaluation: Detection of External and Internal Attributes Frequently Associated with Quality and Damage |
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A Magnetic resonance imaging |
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B X-ray computed radiography and tomography |
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B Acoustic impulse response measurements |
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A Near infrared spectroscopy |
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B Multi- and hyperspectral imaging systems |
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C Spatially and time resolved spectroscopy |
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A Fast mass spectrometric techniques |
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VII Conclusions 376 Acknowledgments |
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Chapter 14 Measuring Quality and Maturity |
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II Quality and acceptability |
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III Commodity-specific quality attributes |
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IV Sample collection and preparation |
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VII Sensory evaluation techniques |
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B Sample preparation and presentation |
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C Evaluating purchase and consumption attributes |
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D Correlating sensory and physicochemical results |
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VIII Quality in a systems context |
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Chapter 15 Modeling Quality Attributes and Quality Related Product Properties |
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A Attributes versus properties |
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B Assigned quality versus acceptance |
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C Acceptance and genetic effects |
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III Systems approach in modeling |
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A Process oriented modeling versus statistical models |
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D Models for globalization |
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V Conclusions and future developments |
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Chapter 16 The Supply Value Chain of Fresh Produce from Field to Home: Refrigeration and Other Supporting Technologies |
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A Temperature management in the supply chain |
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V Transportation equipment |
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A Road trucks and trailers |
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VI Systems for produce in grocery stores and display cases |
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VII Summary of the cold chain |
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VIII Supporting technologies |
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A Refrigeration principles |
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B The refrigeration cycle |
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C Energy efficiency in refrigeration |
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E Improve refrigeration plant efficiency |
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Chapter 17 Traceability in Postharvest Systems |
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A Drivers of traceability |
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B Definitions of traceability |
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II Theory of traceability in postharvest systems |
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B Traceability is not absolute |
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C Precision of traceability |
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III Components of traceability systems |
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A Identification technologies |
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IV Extended uses of traceability systems |
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B Coolchain quality management |
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Chapter 18 Fruits and Vegetables in International Trade: Forensic Aspects of Cargo Claims |
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II Refrigerated maritime transport |
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Chapter 19 Innovative and Integrated Approaches to Investigating Postharvest Stress Physiology and the Biological Basis of Fruit Quality During Storage |
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II "Omics" technologies and postharvest stress physiology |
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A Low temperature and chilling injuries |
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C Ethylene and ethylene antagonists |
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D Other postharvest treatments/stressors |
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III Final remarks and future perspectives |
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Chapter 20 Challenges in Postharvest Handling |
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Index |
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