Vegetables make up a major portion of the diet of humans and are critical for good health. With the world population predicted to reach 9 billion people by 2050, they will play an increasingly important role in food availability. The purpose of this book is to facilitate accur…
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Due to their diversity, vegetable Brassicas are of great economic import and offer unique opportunities to enrich our knowledge about plant growth, development, and rapid phenotypic evolution. By applying emerging genomic technologies, we may greatly increase our understanding o…
Abstract: New technologies have made it possible to produce soybean flours, concentrates, and isolates with diverse functional properties that fill many needs in food systems. Results, reported from nutritional experiments where soy proteins, particularly the isolates, were fed …
External pressure Integration of quality management systems Performance Quality strategy Transaction specific investments Automated information exchange by means of ICT Commitment Enforcement Sel…
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Microbiology of Fruits and Vegetables reviews the extensive research that has been conducted on microbiological problems relating to the safety and spoilage of fruits and vegetables in recent years.
Fruits and vegetables are among the richest sources of ascorbic acid, other antioxidants and they produce specific bioactive compounds. A general consensus from health experts has confirmed that an increased dietary intake of antioxidant compounds found in most fresh produce typ…
As the world debates on the risks and benefits fo plant biotechnology, the proportion of the global area of transgenic field crops has increased every year, and the safety and value continue to be demonstrated. Yet, despite the success of transgenic field crops, the commercializ…
Advances in Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Technology examines how changes in community attitudes and associated pressures on industry are demanding changes in the way technology is used to minimize postharvest loss and maintain product quality. In particular, the book discusse…
Reproductive physiology in plants
by Stewart, Philip, Globig, Sabine
fromResearch Progress in Botany
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In horticulture, agriculture, and food science, plants’ reproductive physiology is an important topic relating to fruits and vegetables, the main consumable parts of plants. All aspects of plant physiology, including plants’ reproductive systems, are important to the production …
Photographs and text show how to increase the effects of the sun during the coldest months of the year and how to protect tender plants from the intensity of the scorching sun during the hottest months through the use of solar "mini-greenhouses."
Abstract: The proceedings of a 1982 symposium presents 14 authoritative reviews for food technologists and undergraduate and graduate students in food science is intended to serve as a general reference text on factors affecting the sensory quality of 13 fruits and vegetables. A…
This book covers oats in depth, including coverage of the crop's history, botany, breeding, processing and food uses.