Fruit and Vegetable Quality: An Integrated View

ISBN-13: 9781566767859 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 352 str.

Robert L. Shewfelt; Bernhard Bruckner

Opis

Improved quality requires integration across business functions and scientific disciplines. Based on this premise, Fruit and Vegetable Quality: An Integrated View presents 15 unique perspectives on achieving greater quality and guidance for a more integrated approach to postharvest handling and fruit and vegetable research.
Designed for anyone involved in the management, production, handling, distribution, or processing of fruits and vegetables, it provides concise descriptions of important issues, roadmaps to the literature in specific fields, assessments of current knowledge and research needs, and specific examples of product-based research. Your guide to the dynamic developments in integrating fruit and vegetable quality projects, Fruit and Vegetable Quality: An Integrated View also presents a range of options for achieving better coordination of research across scientific disciplines.

Spis treści

PrefaceR. L. Shewfelt and B. Brückner CONTEMPORARY ISSUESFood Supply Chains: From Productivity toward Quality, W.M.F. JongenQuality and Breeding - Cultivars, Genetic Engineering, P. WehlingConsumer Preferences and Breeding Goals, S. Pecher and M. von OppenFRUITS AND VEGETABLESEffects on the Quality of Stored Apple Fruit, D. S. Johnson and M. S. RidoutEnvironmental Effects on Product Quality, M. Schreiner, S. Huyskens-Keil, A. Krumbein, I. Schonhof and M. LinkePostharvest Handling and Storage of Vegetables, T. NilssonQUALITY Acceptability, L. M. M. TijskensFruit and Vegetable Quality, R. L. ShewfeltConsumer Preference, Z. Andani and H. J. H. MacFie Instrumental Data - Consumer Acceptance, B. Brückner and H. AuerswaldHouse of Quality - An Integrated View of Fruit and Vegetable Quality, A. C. BechAN INTEGRATED VIEWEconomics of Quality, W. J. FlorkowskiIntegrated Quality Management Applied to the Processed Vegetables Industry, J. Viaene, X. Gellynck and W. VerbekeMethods and Examples of Integration, S. E. PrussiaIntegrating Problem-Oriented Research, R. Kuchenbuch, B. Brückner, J. Rühlmann, and B. RögerA More Integrated View, R. L. Shewfelt and L.M.M. TijskensIndex

O autorze

Robert L. Shewfelt, Bernhard Brückner