Postharvest Physiology and Biochemistry of Fruits and Vegetables

Postharvest Physiology and Biochemistry of Fruits and Vegetables presents an updated, interrelated and sequenced view of the contribution of fruits and vegetables on human health, their aspects of plant metabolism, physical and chemical/compositional changes during the entire fruit development lifecycle, the physiological disorders and biochemical effects of modified/controlled atmospheres, and the biotechnology of horticultural crops. The book is written specifically for those interested in preharvest and postharvest crop science and the impact of physiological and biochemical changes on their roles as functional foods. Deals with the developmental aspects of the lifecycle in whole fruitsDescribes issues, such as the morphology and anatomy of fruits, beginning with the structural organization of the whole plant and explaining the fruit structure and its botanical classificationAddresses biotechnological concepts that control firmness, quality and the nutritional value of fruits INDICE: Foreword  Autar Mattoo1. Introduction   Elhadi M. Yahia2. Contribution of fruits and vegetables on human health  Elhadi M. Yahia3. Photosynthesis  Elhadi M. Yahia4. Respiration  Mikal Saltveit5. Ethylene  Alessandro Botton, Pietro Tonutti and Benedetto Ruperti6. Morphology and anatomy  Armando Carrillo-López Sr.7. Ripening and senescence  Lorenzo Zacarias8. Transpiration  Juan Carlos Diaz-Perez9. Carbohydrates  Elhadi M. Yahia and Armando Carrillo-López Sr.10. Organic acids  José Vallarino and Sonia Osorio11. Pigments  Alexei Solovchenko and Chunxian Chen12. Phenolic compounds  Emilio Alvarez Parrilla13. Lipids  Gustavo González-Aguilar14. Texture  Josefa Adriana Sañudo-Barajas, Leontina Lipan, Marina Cano-Lamadrid, Rosabel Vélez de la Rocha, Luis Noguera-Artiaga, Lucía Sánchez-Rodríguez, Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina and Francisca Hernandez15. Proteins  Azizah Misran16. Enzymes  Sunil Kumar17. Vitamins  Angelos K. Kanellis18. Minerals  Luis Romero19. Flavors and Aromas  Ángel A. Carbonell-Barrachina20. Physiological responses to stress  Yoshihiro Imahori21. Physiological and biochemical effects of modified and controlled atmospheres  Pietro Tonutti, Dubravka Cukrov and Stefano Brizzolara22. Molecular Biology and Biotechnology of Horticultural Crops  Martin-Ernesto Tiznado-Hernández

• ISBN: 978-0-12-813278-4
• Editorial: Woodhead Publishing
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 548
• Fecha Publicación: 01/10/2018
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés