Post-Harvest Physiology and Crop Preservation

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiii

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2. Biochemistry and Physiology of Senescence

   1. The General Biology of Plant Senescence and the Role of Nucleic Acid in Protein Turnover in the Control of Senescence Processes which are Genetically Programmed

      • Harold W. Woolhouse

      Pages 1-43

   2. Control of Ribonucleic Acid and Enzyme Synthesis during Fruit Ripening

      • Don Grierson

      Pages 45-60

   3. Respiration and Energy Metabolism in Senescing Plant Tissues

      • Theophanes Solomos

      Pages 61-98

   4. Enzyme Activities and Post-Harvest Change

      • M. J. C. Rhodes

      Pages 99-121

   5. Plant Membrane Lipids : Changes and Alterations during Aging and Senescence

      • Paul Mazliak

      Pages 123-140

   6. Hormonal Regulation of Senescence, Ageing, Fading, and Ripening

      • Johan Bruinsma

      Pages 141-163

3. Characteristics of Senescence in Special Crops

   1. Post Harvest Physiology of Seeds as Related to Quality and Germinability

      • Daniel Côme

      Pages 165-190

   2. Physiology and Storage of Bulbs: Concepts and Nature of Dormancy in Bulbs

      • M. Le Nard

      Pages 191-230

   3. The Formation of Enzymatic Products in the Fruits during Growth and Storage

      • George Karaoulanis

      Pages 231-245

4. Pathological Aspects — Post-Harvest

   1. Host-Pathogen Interactions in Postharvest Diseases

      • Joseph W. Eckert, Malinie Ratnayake

      Pages 247-264

   2. Control of Postharvest Diseases with Antimicrobial Agents

      • Joseph W. Eckert

      Pages 265-285

   3. Hydroxyproline-Rich Glycoproteins in the Cell Wall of Diseased Plants as a Defense Mechanism

      • Marie Thérèse Esquerré-Tugayé, Dominique Mazau, Alain Toppan

      Pages 287-298

   4. Stress Metabolites

      • Norman F. Haard

      Pages 299-314

   5. Mycotoxins as a Deteriorating Factor in Stored Crops

      • Palle Krogh

      Pages 315-329

5. Manipulation of the Pre- and Post-Harvest Environment to Influence Quality

   1. Hormonal and Chemical Preharvest Treatments which Influence Postharvest Quality, Maturity and Storeability of Fruit

      • F. Bangerth

      Pages 331-354

   2. Effect of Post Harvest Treatments of Growth and Bioregulators on Quality and Longevity of Fruits and Vegetables

      • Elias D. Dekazos

      Pages 355-381

   3. Manipulation of the Postharvest Atmosphere for Preservation of Food Crops

      • David R. Dilley

      Pages 383-397

   4. Metabolism, Heat Transfer and Water Loss under Hypobaric Conditions

      • Stanley P. Burg, Robert Kosson

      Pages 399-424

   5. Maintaining Nutritional and Processing Quality in Grain Crops during Handling, Storage, and Transportation

      • Philip C. Williams

      Pages 425-444

Emphasis in agricultural research for many years has concen­ trated on crop production. This emphasis has become more important in recent years with the realization that the population worldwide is outstripping the food supply. There is, however, another side to increasing the availability of the food supply. This simply involves preservation of the harvested crop·for human consumption. The losses incurred in harvesting, handling, transportation, storage and marketing crops have become a greater problem as the distance from the farm to the ultimate consumer increases. In the Western world where modern transportation, storage facilities, and marketing technology are widely used, post-harvest technology requires a large input of energy which increases costs considerably. There­ fore, losses are more significant and the ability to provide fresh fruits and vegetables, out of season, at reasonable costs will depend on reduced post-harvest losses throughout the marketing chain from the farm gate to the ultimate consumer. The reduction in post-harvest losses depends on proper use of current technology and further developments derived from a broad spectrum of scientific disciplines. Biochemistry, plant physiology, plant pathology, horticulture, agronomy, physics, engineering and agricultural economics, all provide knowledge which has been useful and will be useful in the future for improving post-harvest technol­ ogy and crop preservation. This volume records the Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Study Institute on Post-Harvest Physiology and Crop Preservation, held at Sounion, Greece, April 28 - May 8, 1981.

• agriculture
• agronomy
• biochemistry
• crop production
• development
• energy
• food
• fruit
• metabolism
• pathology
• physiology
• plant
• preservation
• respiration
• transport
• Tree Biology

• Late of Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Beltsville, USA

  Morris Lieberman

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