Preface Acknowledgements 1. Preharvest Factors on Postharvest Life Nutrients Soil Acidity Organic Production Light Day Length Temperature Water Relations Production System Harvest Maturity Preharvest Infection Growth Regulation 2. Assessment of Crop Maturity Field Methods Postharvest Methods 3. Harvesting and Handling Methods Crop Damage Harvesting Field Transport 4. Precooling Heat Removal Precooling Methods 5. Packaging Types Of Packaging Package Recycling Modified Atmosphere Packaging 6. Postharvest Treatments Minerals Astringency Removal Antioxidants Sprout Suppressants Fruit Coatings 1-Mcp Salicylic Acid Curing Hot Water Treatment Vapour Heat Treatment Degreening 7. Storage Store Management and Organization Store Design and Method Refrigerated Storage Controlled Atmosphere Stores Hypobaric Storage 8.

Diseases and Pests Pests Diseases Legislation Mode of Infection Non-Chemical Methods of Disease Control 9. Safety Micotoxins Bacterial Toxins Safety in Controlled Atmosphere Stores Toxicity of Packaging Material Packhouse Safety 10. Marketing and Transport Marketing Marketing Systems Market Analysis Branding National Transport International Trade Cold Chain Transport By Sea Quarantine International Transport by Airfreight Temperature Monitoring 11. Fruit Ripening Changes During Fruit Ripening Controlled Atmosphere Storage on Ripening Design of Ripening Rooms Ethylene on Ripening 12. Specific Recommendations for Fruit Abiu Abiyuch Açaí Acerola Achachairú African Fan Palm African Pear Amelanchier Amazon Tree Grape Anthora Apples Apricot Arbutus Asian Pears Assyrian Plum Atemoya Arazá Babaco Bael Bakuri Bakupari Banana Banana Passionfruit Baobab Bayberry Bilimbi Biriba Bitter Melon Blackberry Blackcurrant Black Sapote Blueberry, Bilberry Camu-Camu Canistel Capulin Carambola Carissa Cashew Apples Cherimoyas Cherry Chinese Jujube Chinese Squash Chinese White Pear Citron Citrus Hybrids Clementines Cloudberries Cocona Cranberries Custard Apple Dabai Damsons Dates Dewberries Dragon Fruit Durian Easy Peeling Citrus Fruits Elderberry Emblic Feijoas Fig French Sorrel Garden Huckleberry Genips Giant Granadilla Ginseng Gooseberry GovernorÂs Plum Green Gages Grapes Grapefruit Guava Gulupa Hawthorne Hog Plum Huckleberry Ilama Indian Jujube Jackfruit Jamun Jamaican Honeysuckle Jamaican Sorrel Japanese Plum Jostaberry Kiwano Kiwifruit Kinnow Kumquats Langsat, Lanzon, Duku Lemons Lime Berry Limes Limequats Litchi Loganberries Longan Longkong Loofah Loquat Lovi Lovi Lucuma Malay Apple Mamey Mandarin Mango Mangosteen Medlar Melon Monstera Mora Mountain Damson Mulberry Mume Nance Naranjilla Nectarines Noni Ãhelo Berry Olives Orange Otahiete Apple Palmyra Palm Paniala Papaya Papayuela Passionfruit Peaches Pear Pejibaye Pepino Persimmon Physalis Pineapple Pitanga Plum Pomegranate Pond Apple Prickly Pear Pomelo Quince Rambutan Raspberry Redcurrant, Whitecurrant Red Huckleberry Red Whortleberry Rhubarb Rose Apple Rowal Salak Sansapote Santol Sapodillas Sapote Sapote Mamey Satsuma Seville Orange Shea Butter Tree Sloe Soncoya Sour Cherry Soursop Spanish Plum Star Apple Strawberry Strawberry Guava Sudachi Sugar Cane Sweet Calabash Sweet Granadilla Sweet Passionfruit Sweetsop Tangerines Tayberries Watermelon Wax Apple West Indian Gooseberry White Sapote Wild Cucumber Worcester Berries Yard-Long Bean Zapotes Chupa Chupa Â.