Handbook of Postharvest Technology : Cereals, Fruits, Vegetables, Tea, and Spices
Contents: Preface. Introduction. I. Properties, grades, harvesting, and threshing: 1. Structure and composition of cereal grains and legumes/Esmaeil Riahi and Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy. 2. Physical and thermal properties of cereal grains/Shyam S. Sablani and Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy. 3. Grain-grading systems/Rajshekhar B. Hulasare, Digvir S. Jayas, and Bernie L. Dronzek. 4. Harvesting and threshing/Adhir C. Datta. II. Drying: 5. Grain drying: basic principles/Arun S. Mujumdar and Janos Beke. 6. Grain-drying systems/Susanta Kumar Das and Amalendu Chakraverty. 7. Commercial grain dryers/G.S. Vijaya Raghavan. III. Storage and handling: 8. Grain storage: perspectives and problems/Somiahnadar Rajendran. 9. Structural considerations: warehouse and Silo/Ananada P. Gupta and Sriman K. Bhattacharyya. 10. Controlled atmosphere storage of grain/Noel D.G. White and Digvir S. Jayas. IV. Milling: 11. Grain-milling operations/Ashok K. Sarkar. 12. Specialty milling/Ashok K. Sarkar. 13. Rice milling and processing/Robert S. Satake. 14. Dehulling and splitting pulses/Shahab Sokhansanj and Rhambo T. Patil. 15. Milling of pulses/Hampapura V. Narasimha, N. Ramakrishnaiah and V.M. Pratape. V. Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables: 16. Postharvest physiology of fresh fruits and vegetables/Jennifer R. DeEll, Robert K. Prange, and Herman W. Peppelenbos. 17. Maturity and quality grades for fruits and vegetables/Thomas H.J. Beveridge. 18. Cooling and storage/Timothy J. Rennie, Clement Vigneault, Jennifer R. DeEll and G.S. Vijaya Raghavan. 19. Packaging of fruits and vegetables/James P. Smith, Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy, Byrappa Ranganna and G.S. Vijaya Raghavan. 20. Transportation and handling of fresh fruits and vegetables/Catherine K.P. Hui, Denyse I. LeBlanc, Clement Vigneault, Jennifer R. DeEll, and Samson A. Sotocinal. 21. Potential applications of volatile monitoring in storage/Peter Alvo, Georges Dodds, G.S. Vijaya Raghavan, Ajjamada C. Kushalappa and Cristina Ratti. 22. Irradiation of fruits, vegetables, nuts, and spices/Monique Lacroix, Michele Marcotte and Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy. 23. Drying of fruits, vegetables and spices/Stefan Grabowski, Michele Marcotte, and Hosahalli S. Ramaswamy. VI. Postharvest technology of coffee, tea, and cocoa: 24. Coffee: a perspective on processing and products/Kulathooran Ramalakshmi and Bashyam Raghavan. 25. Tea: an appraisal of processing methods and products/Srikantayya Nagalakshmi. 26. Postharvest technology of Cocoa/Kamaruddin Abdullah. VII. Biomass, By-products, and control aspects: 27. Conversion and utilization of biomass/Amalendu Chakraverty. 28. Utilization of by-products of fruit and vegetable processing/Waliaveetil E. Eipeson and Ramesh S. Ramteke. 29. Control aspects of postharvest technologies/Istvan Farkas. Index.
"From processing, handling, drying and milling to storage, packaging and distribution this reference presents the latest methods in the manufacture and supply of grains, fruits, vegetables, and spices-detailing the physiology, structure, composition and characteristics of grains and crops, as well as recent cooling and preservation techniques to maintain quality and decrease spoilage and withering of agricultural products."
