Strawberry - Pre- and Post-Harvest Management Techniques for Higher Fruit Quality

By:

Md Asaduzzaman [VerfasserIn]

Contributor(s):

Toshiki Asao [VerfasserIn]

Resource type: Ressourcentyp: Buch (Online)Book (Online)Language: English Publisher: [Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar] : IntechOpen, 2019Description: 1 Online-Ressource (156 p.)ISBN:

9781839622540
9781839622533
9781839622557

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Summary: This book mainly deals with pre- and postharvest management practices of the strawberry to ensure that high-quality fruits are delivered to the consumer. The influence of climatic variables, cultural practices, harvesting techniques, and use of chemicals and other natural compounds on fruit quality are discussed. Factors affecting fruit growth and development and processes regarding maturation and biochemical changes during fruit ripening are also presented in one of the chapters of this book. Some chapters provide information regarding harvesting, storing, packaging, transporting, and also selling that affect strawberry quality greatly. Enhancement of yield and antioxidant contents in the strawberry by various natural products, including chitosan and probiotic bacterial, are also included in this book. The final chapter states that antioxidants present in strawberry fruit play a dietary role in alleviating oxidative stress in experimental liver models. This book focuses on the postharvest quality management of the strawberry and provides a useful resource to educationists, traders, and commercial strawberry growersPPN: PPN: 177848476XPackage identifier: Produktsigel: ZDB-94-OAB

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