Postharvest of Fruit and Vegetables
Integrated Approaches to Postharvest Disease Management in California Citrus Packinghouses
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Practices in the citrus industry evolve rapidly to minimize postharvest decay losses, mostly a result of green mold or blue mold, caused by Penicillium digitatum or P. italicum, respectively. Current problems include the continued development of fungicide resistance among these pathogens,...
Acta Hort
Citrus | English | Mandarin | Orange | Postharvest | Plant Disease | Fresh Produce
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Recent advances on the use of natural and safe alternatives to conventional methods to control postharvest gray mold of table grapes
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Gray mold, caused by Botrytis cinerea, is the main postharvest decay of table grapes. It can develop in the vineyard and spread rapidly among berries after harvest, during long distant transport, cold storage and shelf-life. In conventional agriculture, bunches are sprayed with fungicides...
Postharvest Biology and Technology
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Manual de almacenamiento y transporte de frutas y hortalizas frescas en materia de inocuidad
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Este documento tiene como objetivo proporcionar una Guía que oriente a los productores agrícolas sobre las recomendaciones a considerar en el almacenamiento y transporte de frutas y hortalizas, empleando esquemas de reducción de peligros asociados a esta parte del...
Secretaría de Agricultura, Ganadería, Desarrollo Rural, Pesca y Alimentación, México
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Evaluation and comparison of biofungicides and fungicides for the control of post harvest potato tuber diseases
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Potatoes are susceptible to a variety of storage pathogens, including late blight (Phytophthora infestans), Fusarium dry rot (Fusarium sambucinum), Pythium leak (Pythium ultimum) and silver scurf (Helminthosporium solani). Current recommendations for potato storage diseases include...
Michigan State University
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Small-Scale Postharvest Handling Practices: A Manual for Horticultural Crops (4th Edition)
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The three main objectives of applying postharvest technology to harvested fruits and vegetables are:
to maintain quality (appearance, texture, flavor and nutritive value)
to protect food safety, and
to reduce losses between harvest and consumption.
Effective management during the...
University of California, Davis
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Costs and Benefits of Changes in Horticultural Practices
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This manual provides many examples of the expected costs and benefits of making a wide range of changes in horticultural production and postharvest handling practices. Examples are taken from many cultures, economies and commodities, to give the reader an idea of the potential of improving...
Extension Systems International, Woodland, California
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An Evaporative Cooler for Vegetable Crops
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Some vegetable crops are harvested with pulp temperatures too high and under humidity conditions too low for maximum shelf life. Present facilities for cooling produce and providing proper humidity usually consist of a system for rapid cooling as the commodity arrives from the field and a...
California Agriculture
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Guía práctica de manejo agronómico, cosecha, poscosecha y procesamiento de naranjilla y cocona
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Los cultivos de cocona y naranjilla son nuevos en la región Centroamericana y tienen su origen en la parte baja de la Cordillera de Los Andes en Sudamérica. En esta parte del continente, sobre todo la naranjilla o lulo, tienen una gran importancia económica para pa...
IICA & Agencia Suiza para el desarrollo y la cooperación
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Métodos para el Cuidado de Alimentos Perecederos Durante el Transporte por Camiones
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El objetivo de refrigerar los productos alimenticios es mantener la calidad y prolongar el tiempo de durabilidad antes de la venta, manteniendo la temperatura del producto en un punto donde el deterioro metabólico y microbiológico sea mínimo. Mantener la temperatura...
USDA
Apple | Apricot | Artichoke | Asparagus | Avocado | Banana | Beans | Beet | Blackberry | Blueberry | Broccoli | Brussels Sprouts | Cabbage | Cantaloupe | Carrot | Cauliflower | Celery | Cherry | Corn | Cranberry | Cucumber | Eggplant | Endive | Escarole | Garlic | Grape | Green beans | Green Onion | Kale | Kiwifruit | Lemon | Lettuce | Lima Bean | Lime | Mango | Melon | Mushroom | Nectarine | Okra | Onion | Orange | Parsley | Parsnip | Pea | Peach | Pear | Pepper | Pineapple | Plum | Potato | Pumpkin | Radish | Raspberry | Rhubarb | Spinach | Squash | Strawberry | Sweet potato | Tangerine | Tomatillo | Tomato | Watermelon | Postharvest | Spanish | Fresh Produce
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Empowering Agriculture: Energy options for horticulture
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This guide has been prepared for use by USAID and its partners to assist local horticulture producers in identifying the electrical, mechanical (shaft horsepower), and thermal requirements for various stages of the horticulture process and to assist these producers in selecting suitable...
USAID
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