Managing Postharvest Quality and Losses in Horticultural Crops (3 Vols-Set)

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Vol. I: General issues: 1. Postharvest management: an overview/K.L. Chadha and R.K. Pal. 2. Fruit bagging/Ram Asrey. 3. Maturity indices/R.K. Pal and P.Suresh Kumar. 4. Mechanisation in harvesting/S.C. Mandhar and R.T. Patil. 5. Pre and postharvest management/B.V.C. Mahajan and Alemwati Pongener. 6. Postharvest diseases/R.D. Rawal and Jyotsana Sharma. 7. Grading and packaging/M.S. Ladaniya. 8. Insect disinfection and quarantine/Abraham Verghese and M.A. Rashmi. 9. Pesticide residues/Ahammed Shabeer T.P. and Kaushik Banerjee.

Vol. II. Fruit Crops: 10. Almond/Desh Beer Singh and Nazeer Ahmed. 11. Apple/R.R. Sharma and R.K. Pal. 12. Banana/C.K. Narayana. 13. Ber/Sunil Pareek. 14. Citrus fruits/D.V. Sudhakar Rao and M.S. Ladaniya. 15. Custard apple/Sunil Pareek. 16. Date Palm/Sunil Pareek. 17. Grape/Ajay Kumar Sharma and P.G. Adsule. 18. Guava/H. Ravishankar, A.K. Singh and Neelima Garg. 19. Litchi/Vishal Nath and S.K. Purbey. 20. Mango/W.S. Dhillon. 21. Papaya/V. Ponnuswamy and T.L. Preethi. 22. Pineapple/Bidyut C. Deka. 23. Pomegranate/R.K. Pal and K. Dhinesh Babu. 24. Sapota/Dev Raj and Ashok K. Senapati. 25. Strawberry/Ram Asrey. 26. Walnut/Desh Beer Singh and Nazeer Ahmed.

Vol. III:  Vegetables Flowers and Plantation Crops: 27. Cashew/D. Balasubramanian and P.L. Saroj. 28. Chilli/Surya Kumari Surepeddi and Giridhar Kalidasu. 29. Cut flowers/Kushal Singh and Ramesh Kumar. 30. Garlic/K.E. Lawande and P.C. Tripathi. 31. Ginger/Ananta Saikia and Sanjib Sharma. 32. Oil Palm/S. Arulraj. 33. Onion/R.P. Tupta and H.P. Sharma. 34. Orchids/L.C. De and N. Pathak. 35. Potato/R. Ezekiel.

This book is a consolidation of the scattered information available in the form of research or review papers which has been suitably compiled and edited in a lucid and easily understandable format with adoptable recommendation for the benefit of all the stakeholders. The book is divided into three volumes with sub-titles of 1) General Issues, 2) Fruit Crops and 3) Vegetables, Flowers & Plantation Crops. Eminent research workers who have been engaged in the area of Postharvest Management in the NARS have contributed chapters on various subjects. Efforts have been made to incorporate information on status of cultivation, cultivars, association between pre-harvest crop management practices and quality after harvest, pack-house operations, storage and marketing for domestic and export trade. The book is also suitably illustrated with colour photographs, wherever necessary. Important references to each subject have been cited for detailed reading.