• ISBN13: 9781786393739
• Binding: Hardcover
• Subject: Bio-Science and Agriculture
• Publisher: CABI
• Publisher Imprint: CABI
• Publication Date: January 1, 2019
• Pages: 400
• Original Price: GBP 125.0
• Language: English
• Edition: N/A
• Item Weight: 1271 grams
• BISAC Subject(s): Industries / Agribusiness, Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, and Life Sciences / Horticulture

The third edition of this successful title presents current research to provide a comprehensive and up-to-date overview of controlled and modified atmosphere, hyperbaric and hypobaric storage of fresh fruits and vegetables. New and developed technologies for the transportation and storage of horticultural products are essential to ensure that produce reaches consumers in the best possible condition and has the potential to reduce the postharvest use of chemicals, maintain nutritional quality and organoleptic characteristics and reduce losses.

Covering the increasingly used science and technology of preserving the freshness of fruit and vegetables in all aspects of their postharvest life, this book puts the subject in the context of its history and current practices, in addition to future prospects. This new edition:
- Reflects on the large amount of research that is continuously being published on the topic
- Reviews and evaluates the adaptation and improvement of commercial technologies
- Includes the effect of techniques and technologies on flavor, quality and physiology, in addition to the influence of pests, diseases and disorders
- Contains 5 new chapters covering genetics and CA storage, dynamic CA storage, hyperbaric storage, hypobaric storage and fruit ripening

Fully revised and now presented in full color throughout, this book is a readily accessible resource for researchers, scientists, growers, students and industry personnel.

Thompson, Anthony Keith: - Anthony Keith Thompson is currently a Visiting Professor at King Mongkut's Institute of Technology Ladkrabang in Thailand and was formally: Professor of Plant Science, University of Asmara, Eritrea; Professor of Postharvest Technology and Head of Department, Cranfield University, UK; Team Leader, EU project at the Windward Islands Banana Development and Exporting Company; Principal Scientific Officer, Tropical Products Institute, London; Postharvest Expert for the UN in the Sudan, Yemen and Korea for the Food and Agriculture Organization, Ghana and Sri Lanka for the International Trade Centre and Gambia for the World Bank; Advisor to the British, Jamaican and Colombian Governments in postharvest technology of fruit and vegetables; Research Fellow in Crop Science, University of the West Indies, Trinidad; Demonstrator in Biometrics at University of Leeds. He has also worked as a consultant for various commercial and government organizations across the world. Professor Thompson has published over 100 journal papers and numerous scientific textbooks over the course of his career.