Postharvest Handling and Diseases of Horticultural Produce

by Dinesh Singh (Editor), R.R. Sharma (Editor), V. Devappa (Editor)

Postharvest Handling and Diseases of Horticultural Produce describes all the postharvest techniques, handling, pre-cooling, postharvest treatment, edible coating and storage of the horticultural produce available to handle perishable horticultural food commodities, covering the areas of horticulture, agricultural process engineering, postharvest technology, plant pathology and microbiology. Postharvest diseases of major fruits and vegetables, with their causal agents, are described. The integrative strategies for management of postharvest diseases include effectively inhibiting the growth of pathogens, enhancing the resistance of hosts and improving environmental conditions, with results that are favourable to the host and unfavourable to the pathogen growth, including biotechnological approaches. Adopting a thematic style, chapters are organized by type of treatment, with sections devoted to postharvest risk factors and their amelioration. The chapters are written by experts in the fields of plant pathology, horticulture, food science, etc. Core insights into identifying and utilizing appropriate postharvest options for minimizing postharvest losses and enhancing benefits to end-users are also provided.

Features



Presents the most recent developments in the field of postharvest handling technologies and diseases in a single volume

Includes postharvest diseases of cut flowers, fruits, vegetables and tuber crops.

Appropriate for students, researchers and professionals

Written by experts and can be used as a reference resource

456 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 15, 2021

About the author

Born in 1944 at Varanasi, also known as Kashi, one of the seven ancient cities of India, I had my early grooming in the sunshine of rural surroundings, far from the madding crowds of the urban life. After graduating from Allahabad University, renowned as the Oxford of the East, I joined Government service in 1968 and continued in it till 1995. In between I had a highly enjoyable short affair with Urdu poetry, which catapulted me to the highlands of imaginative speculation.

Post retirement I am happily settled at Allahabad (India). In 2006, in collaboration with Dr. Awdhesh Singh (www.goodreads.com/AwdheshSingh) and a few others, established The Aatmic Science Foundation, a no-profit spiritual organization engaged in spreading spiritual awareness among people, and have been working ever since as its Founding President. In 2007, launched a quarterly print magazine, Science of Soul and have been editing it till date.

Following the motto of ‘creation in relaxation’ I have authored and published two books and working on a third.