Handbook of postharvest technology : cereals, fruits, vegetables, tea, and spices
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Handbook of postharvest technology : cereals, fruits, vegetables, tea, and spices
（Books in soils, plants, and the environment）
M. Dekker, c2003
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The Handbook of Postharvest Technology presents methods in the manufacture and supply of grains, fruits, vegetables, and spices. It details the physiology, structure, composition, and characteristics of grains and crops. The text covers postharvest technology through processing, handling, drying and milling to storage, packaging, and distribution. Additionally, it examines cooling and preservation techniques used to maintain the quality and the decrease spoilage and withering of agricultural products.
Table of Contents
- Properties, grades, harvesting and threshing: structure and composition
- physical and thermal properties
- grading. Drying: grain drying - fundamentals
- grain drying systems
- commercial grain drier. Storage and handling: grain storage - perspectives and problems
- structural considerations - warehouse and silo
- controlled/modified atmosphere storage. Milling: wheat milling
- milling of corn, oat and barley
- rice milling and processing. Postharvest technology of fruits and vegetables: postharvest physiology
- maturity and quality grades
- cooling and storage. Pastharvest technology of coffee, tea and cocoa: coffee
- tea
- cocoa. Miscellaneous: conversion and utilization of biomass
- utilization of by-products from fruits and vegetables
- control systems in agricultural applications.
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