Chapter
2.2.1 - Ethylene Commercial Use
2.2.2 - Use of 1-MCP as an Ethylene Inhibitor
2.2.4 - Relative Humidity
2.2.5 - Growth Regulators
2.2.6 - Atmosphere Gases Concentration
3 - Apple (Malus domestica)
5 - Cashew apple (Anacardium occidentale L.)
6 - Kiwi (Actinidia deliciosa)
7 - Mango (Mangifera indica L.)
9 - Orange (Citrus × sinensis)
10 - Pineapple (Ananas comosus L.)
11 - Strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa)
12 - Tomatoes (Solanum lycopersicum)
13 - Broccoli (Brassica oleracea var. italica)
14 - Carrots (Daucus carota)
15 - Cauliflower (Brassica oleracea L.)
16 - Cilantro (Coriandrum sativum)
17 - Cucumber (Cucumis sativus)
18 - Spinach (Spinacia oleracea)
Chapter 2 - Fruit Maturity, Harvesting, and Quality Standards
2 - Determination of maturity indices
2.1 - Destructive Methods
2.2 - Nondestructive Methods
2.3 - Measuring Maturity: Destructive Versus Nondestructive Methods
3.2 - Mechanical Harvesting
4 - Postharvest handling operations
4.2 - Washing, Cleaning, and Trimming
4.3 - Sorting, Grading, and Sizing
4.5.1 - Uses of Irradiation
4.6 - Hot Water Treatment
4.8 - Packaging and Storage
5 - Quality standards for product acceptance
5.2 - Methods for Determining Quality
5.2.1 - Subjective Versus Objective Methods
5.2.1.5 - Absence of Defects
5.2.1.6 - Further Objective Tests
5.2.1.6.1 - Total soluble solids or soluble solid content (SSC)
5.2.1.6.2 - Titratable acidity (TA)
5.2.1.6.3 - Nutritional quality
5.2.1.6.4 - Eating quality
Chapter 3 - Effect of Elicitors in the Nutritional and Sensorial Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
2 - Elicitor classification and their effect in plants
3 - Pathways activated by elicitors
3.1 - Phenylpropanoid Synthesis Pathway
3.2 - Vitamin C Synthesis Pathway
3.3 - Vitamin E Synthesis Pathway
3.4 - Carotenoids Synthesis Pathway
4 - Sensory quality affected by elicitation
Chapter 4 - The Fruit Cuticle: Actively Tuning Postharvest Quality
1 - A brief overview of fruit cuticles
1.1 - General Features of Fruit Cuticle Composition
1.2 - Is There a Relationship of Cuticle Composition to Fruit Type?
2 - Impact of cuticle composition and properties on fruit quality
2.2 - Susceptibility to Infections and Physiological Disorders
2.3 - Firmness and Mechanical Support
3 - Development of fruit cuticle during on-plant ripening and after harvest
3.1 - Biosynthesis of Fruit Cuticle During On-Vine Maturation and Ripening
3.2 - Postharvest Changes in Fruit Cuticles: What Do We Know?
4 - Postharvest procedures: a summary of reported effects on fruit cuticle properties
4.1 - Temperature and Relative Humidity in the Storage Environment
4.2 - Postharvest Treatments
4.2.1 - Controlled and Modified Atmospheres
4.2.2 - Ethylene and Ethylene-Suppressing Treatments
4.2.3 - Miscellaneous Postharvest Treatments
5 - Preharvest treatments: a feasible tool to optimize fruit cuticle properties for improved postharvest performance?
Chapter 5 - Influence of Photoselective Shade Nettings on Postharvest Quality of Vegetables
2.1 - Impact of Photoselective Nets on Postharvest Quality of Selected Vegetables After Storage
2.2 - Impact of Photoselective Nets on Phytochemical Contents in Selected Vegetables After Storage
2.3 - Odor Active Aroma Volatiles Prior to and After Postharvest Storage in Tomato and Sweet Peppers
Chapter 6 - Pre- and Postharvest Treatments Affecting Flavor Quality of Fruits and Vegetables
2 - Factors affecting flavor before harvest
3 - Harvest and stage of maturity
4 - Postharvest treatments
4.1 - Temperature Management
4.2 - Controlled Atmosphere
4.3 - Modified Atmosphere Packaging
4.6 - Physicochemical Treatments
Chapter 7 - Influence of Water Quality on Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Quality
2 - Water quality and crop produce quality
3 - Classification of saline waters for irrigation
4 - Impact of poor water on quality traits of fruit and vegetable
4.2 - Compositional Traits
4.3 - Pathological Traits
4.4 - Longevity (Shelf-Life) Traits
5 - Management options for saline irrigation water for horticultural crops
5.1 - Frequency of Irrigation
5.5 - Selection of Salt-Tolerant Crops and Monitoring of Salinity Status
5.6 - Use of Tolerant Rootstock–Grafted Plants
6 - Conclusions and future research needs
Chapter 8 - Rootstocks for Improved Postharvest Quality of Fruits: Recent Advances
2 - Rootstock effects on fruit quality
2.3 - Sugar and Acid Content
3 - Rootstock effects on fruit maturity and storage
4 - Rootstock influence on incidence and severity of postharvest disease
5 - Communication of grafted plants’ genomes
Chapter 9 - Preharvest Sprays Affecting Shelf Life and Storage Potential of Fruits
3 - Plant growth regulator sprays
3.1.1 - Naphthalene Acetic Acid
3.1.2 - 2,4-Dichlorophenoxyacetic Acid
4 - Ethylene-inhibiting compounds
4.1 - 1-Methylcyclopropene
4.2 - Aminoethoxyvinylglycine
7 - Antagonists/biocontrol agents
8 - Artificial fungicides
Chapter 10 - Training and Pruning for Improved Postharvest Fruit Quality
2 - Different types of training and pruning systems
2.6 - Slender Spindle Bush
4 - How does training and pruning influence postharvest fruit quality?
Chapter 11 - Insect Pest Management of Preharvest Vegetables for Better Postharvest Quality
2.1 - Diamondback Moth Plutella xylostella (Lepidoptera: Yponomeutidae)
2.2 - Cabbage White Butterfly Pieris brassicae (Lepidoptera: Pieridae)
2.3 - Cabbage Head Borer Hellula undalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
2.4 - Tobacco Caterpillar Spodoptera litura (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
2.5 - Cabbage Aphid Brevicoryne brassicae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
3.1 - Potato Tuber Moth Phthorimaea operculella (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae)
3.2 - Hadda Beetle Epilachna vigintioctopunctata/E. dodecastigma (Coleoptera: Coccinellidae)
3.3 - Potato Aphid Myzus Persicae/Macrosiphum Euphorbiae (Hemiptera: Aphididae)
3.4 - Colorado Potato Beetle Leptinotarsa decemlineata (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
3.5 - Tomato Fruit Borer Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
3.6 - Brinjal Fruit and Shoot Borer Leucinodes orbonalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
4 - Cucurbitaceous vegetables
4.1 - Fruit Fly Bactrocera cucurbitae (Diptera: Tephritidae)
4.2 - Pumpkin Beetles Raphidopalpa foveicollis, Aulacophora lewisii, A. cincta (Coleoptera: Chrysomelidae)
5 - Leguminous vegetables
5.1 - Pea Pod and Beans Borer Helicoverpa armigera (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
5.2 - Pea Pod Borer Etiella zinckenella (Lepidoptera: Phycitidae)
6 - Miscellaneous vegetables pests
6.1 - Sweet Potato Weevil Cylas formicarius (Coleoptera: Apionidae)
6.2 - Sweet Potato Stem Borer Omphisia anastomasalis (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae)
6.3 - Spotted Bollworms of Okra Earias vittella, E. insulana (Lepidoptera: Noctuidae)
6.4 - Onion Maggot Delia antiqua (Diptera: Anthomyiidae)
Chapter 12 - Preharvest Approaches to Control Insect Infestation in Fruit
2 - Insects of important fruit crops
3 - Tropical and subtropical fruit
3.13.3 - Walnut and Almond
3.13.4 - Plantation Crops
4 - Preharvest approaches
6 - Soil manuring and fertilization
7 - Selection of planting materials
9 - Hand-picking of insects
14 - Spraying of fruit fly bait
15 - Male annihilation technique (MAT)
16 - Sterile insect technique (SIT)
18 - Quarantine treatment
18.1 - International/Regional Cooperation
18.1.1 - Biogeographical Regions
18.1.2 - Third-Country/Intermediate Quarantine
18.1.3 - Consortium of Plant Quarantine Stations
18.2 - Pest Risk Analysis
18.2.1 - Generalized Tests
18.2.2 - Specialized Tests
18.2.2.3 - Fungi, Bacteria, and Viruses
18.2.4 - International Quarantine
18.2.5 - Plant Quarantine Services in India
18.2.6 - Major Activities
18.2.7 - Available Plant Quarantine Facilities in India
18.4 - Phytosanitary Certificate
18.5 - Some Important Points
18.6 - National Coordination
18.8 - Horticultural Ecosystem Analysis-Based Integrated Pest Management
18.9 - Methodology for HESAIPM
18.10 - Ecological Engineering in HESAIPM
Chapter 13 - Genetic Modification in Fruits and Vegetables for Improved Nutritional Quality and Extended Shelf Life
2 - The need for biotechnology in fruits and vegetable production
3 - Tomato as an important model system for fleshy fruit ripening
4 - Tomato ripening stages
5 - Biotechnological approaches for shelf life and nutritional quality of fruits and vegetables
6 - Challenges associated with genetically modified fruits and vegetables
Chapter 14 - Preharvest Biofortification of Horticultural Crops
2 - Micronutrient malnutrition and its importance
3 - Function, deficiency, and its implications and bioavailability of important micronutrients
3.1 - Provitamin A Carotenoid
4 - Physiology behind micronutrient uptake, distribution, and accumulation in plants, including biosynthesis of provitamin ...
5 - Conventional strategies for nutritional enhancement
5.3 - Market-Driven Fortification
5.4 - Dietary Diversification
6.1 - Genetic Biofortification
6.1.1 - Classical Plant Breeding
6.1.2 - Special Breeding Approaches
6.1.2.1 - Mutation Breeding
6.1.2.2 - Tissue Culture Technique
6.1.2.3 - Molecular Breeding and Marker-Assisted Selection
6.1.2.4 - Transgenic Approach
6.2 - Agronomic Intervention
6.3 - Microbiological Intervention
6.3.1 - Plant Growth Promoting Rhizobacteria (PGPR) and Cyanobacteria
6.3.2 - Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Fungi
7 - Bioavailability Improvement
8 - Horticultural crops targeted for biofortification
8.1 - Vitamin A Orange Sweet Potato (Ipomea batatas)
8.2 - Vitamin A Cassava (Manihot esculenta)
8.3 - Vitamin A Banana/Plantain (Musa paradisiaca)
8.4 - Iron Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris)
8.5 - Iron and Zinc Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.)
8.6 - Iron Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata)
Chapter 15 - Biofortified Vegetables for Improved Postharvest Quality: Special Reference to High-Pigment Tomatoes
1.1 - High-Pigment Tomato
2 - Beneficial phytochemicals in tomato fruits
2.4 - Phenolics and Flavonoids
3 - Antioxidant properties
4 - Tomato health benefits
5.1 - Phenolic and Flavonoids
6 - Potato health benefits
7 - Postharvest quality of biofortified vegetables
8 - Conclusions and future trends
Chapter 16 - Preharvest Fruit Bagging for Better Protection and Postharvest Quality of Horticultural Produce
2 - Effects of preharvest bagging on fruits
2.1 - Fruit Size and Weight
2.1.1 - Increase in Fruit Size and Weight
2.1.2 - Reduction in Fruit Size and Weight
2.4 - Fruit Color Development
2.5 - Incidence of Insect pests
2.6 - Incidence of Diseases
2.7 - Physiological Disorders
2.8 - Postharvest Quality of Fruits
2.9 - Activities of Enzymes
2.10 - Phenolic Compounds and Antioxidant Activity
2.13 - Pesticide Residues
Preharvest Modulation of Postharvest Fruit and Vegetable Quality
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