New!, " Recent Advances in Postharvest Technologies", Volume 2

The elapsing time from producer to consumer has significantly increased as a result of food marketing and trade globalization. Consequently, maintaining quality along the food value chain is becoming a significant challenge.

Postharvest losses are considered a major component of food loss and waste in the supply chain from farmers to consumers, due to improper handling, storage, transport, preservation techniques and spoilage. Postharvest science aims to extend the shelf life of fresh and perishable commodities, and to reduce heavy losses, thereby contributing to food security.

While significant progresses have been made in postharvest preservation and shelf-life extension, the continuous development of emerging technologies have changed our vision on postharvest science.

Furthermore, recent advancements in molecular engineering of horticultural crops for quality improvement; the development of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have led to a better understanding of the physiology and the biochemistry of the senescence processes, resulting in better preservation and improved production of fresh crops.

This two-volume work focuses on innovative technologies that extend and preserve shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Volume 1 offers a review on the state-of-the-art modern technologies in the postharvest filed. The accompanying Volume 1 explores advanced and novel technologies after harvest, particularly the application of nanotechnologies to packaging materials.

Contents of the Vol. II

1 Loss of Gloss: A fresh Look at Freshness, Michael Banke

2 Radiation and Postharveset Quality, Noureddine Benkeblia & Joaquin H. Hasperué

3 Minimal Processing of Fruits and Vegetables, Noureddine Benkeblia

4 Postharvest Science and Technologies for Handling Pomegranates (Punica granatum L.), Umezuruike Linus Opara & Israel Ogwuche Ogra

5 Brown Rot Disease Caused by Fungal Pathogens Monilinia spp.; A Serious Threat to Pome and Stone Fruit Production Worldwide and Current Threat in Morocco, Nadia Lyousfi, Abdelali Blenzar, Mohammed Taoussi, Salah-Eddine Laasli & Rachid Lahlali

6 Biopolymer-Based Nanocomposites for Controlling Postharvest Loss, Ahmed A. Tayel, Hend A. Gad & Mohamed F. Salem

7 Nanocomposites: An Innovative Technology for Fruit and Vegetable Preservation, Nishant Kumar and Ashutosh Upadhyay

8 Nanotechnology Application in Postharvest Disease Management, Ghada Abd-Elmonsef Mahmoud & Shimaa Hosny Gaber

9 Advances in Postharvest Technology of Flowers, Medicinal, and Aromatic Herbs, Jayoti Majumder & Amit Baran Sharangi

10 Packaginig Fresh Fish, Fishery Products and Seafood Using Modified Atmosphere Technology, Umezuruike Linus Opara

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Recent Advances in Postharvest Technologies, Volume 1

Recent Advances in Postharvest Technologies, Volume 2