Recent Advances in Postharvest Technologies, Volume 1

Advanced and Novel Technologies
2024
ISBN: 978-3-031-65811-2
Verlag: Springer Nature Switzerland

Buch, Englisch, 244 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 571 g

The elapsing time from producer to consumer has significantly increased as a result of food marketing and trade globalization. Consequently, maintaining quality along the food value chain is becoming a significant challenge. Postharvest losses are considered a major component of food loss and waste in the supply chain from farmers to consumers, due to improper handling, storage, transport, preservation techniques and spoilage. Postharvest science aims to extend the shelf life of fresh and perishable commodities, and to reduce heavy losses, thereby contributing to food security. While significant progresses have been made in postharvest preservation and shelf-life extension, the continuous development of emerging technologies have changed our vision on postharvest science. Furthermore, recent advancements in molecular engineering of horticultural crops for quality improvement; the development of genomics, transcriptomics, proteomics, and metabolomics have led to a better understanding of the physiology and the biochemistry of the senescence processes, resulting in better preservation and improved production of fresh crops.

This two-volume work focuses on innovative technologies that extend and preserve shelf life of fruits and vegetables. Volume 1 offers a review on the state-of-the-art modern technologies in the postharvest filed. The accompanying Volume 1 explores advanced and novel technologies after harvest, particularly the application of nanotechnologies to packaging materials.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Benkeblia, Noureddine

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Primärer Sektor
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Biotechnologie
• Geowissenschaften Umweltwissenschaften Lebensmittelsicherheit und -versorgung
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Lebensmitteltechnologie und Getränketechnologie
• Naturwissenschaften Agrarwissenschaften Ackerbaukunde, Pflanzenbau

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Chapter 1 Emerging Technologies for Storage of Horticultural Crops: State of the Art and Recent Developments.- Chapter 2 OMICS Technologies: Promising Tools to Understand Postharvest Science of Fruits and Vegetables.- Chapter 3 Innovative Technologies in the Management of Postharvest Pest and Diseases of Important Fruits and Vegetable.- Chapter 4 Postharvest Handling of Citrus Fruit: Diseases and Disorders Control and Innovative Technologies for Fruit Shelf-Life Extension.- Chapter 5 Controlled Release Gaseous Antimicrobial Agents on the Preservation of Fresh Produce.- Chapter 6 Biofungicide Production by Solid-State Fermentation as Sustainable Biotechnology for Agroindustrial Waste Management and Fresh Crops Production.- Chapter 7 Impact of Conventional and Emerging Techniques for Detection of Foodborne Pathogens in Fruit and Vegetables.- Chapter 8 New Concepts in the Biological Control of Postharvest Diseases of Fruits and Vegetables.- Chapter 9 New Alternatives to Preserve Fresh Vegetables and Fruits from Postharvest Fungal Spoilage.- Index.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Noureddine Benkeblia has been working on food sciences and technologies from 1991. He started his work on crops physiology and biochemistry, preservation technologies such as irradiation, chemicals, modified atmosphere packaging (MAP), rare gases and other natural biological compounds (essential oils). From 2000, he focused his research on the postharvest metabolism of carbohydrates, mainly fructooligosaccharides (FOS) and fructans, and their impact on crops qualities. He also introduced new tools of "Metabolomics" in his research to investigate the biochemistry and the biological system of the biosynthesis and metabolism of FOS in fructan-containing plants (using asparagus and onion as models).