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Postharvest Physiological Disorders of Fruits by Ghulam Khaliq (Hardback)
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9781774919224
Published:
23 Sep 2025
Format:
Hardback
Number of pages:
426 pages
Dimensions:
234mm
Weight:
0.453kgs
Author:
Details postharvest physiological disorders of fresh fruits, describing their diverse morphological structures, compositions, and general physiology as well as the technologies for the effective handling and treatment of fresh fruits. Discusses latest diagnostic methods, management, and technologies to confront these challenges.
Fruits are valuable products; they are, however, highly perishable in nature and need special measures to maintain their quality while transporting them long distances for sale. Postharvest physiological disorders of fresh fruit are serious problems that arise from environmental and management factors, affecting the quantity and quality of fruits. This new volume focuses on these postharvest physiological disorders of fresh fruits, describing their diverse morphological structures, compositions, and general physiology, as well as the technologies for the effective handling and treatment of fresh fruits.
This volume covers important information on the postharvest physiological disorders of fruits that are caused by temperature, rain, humidity, pruning, irrigation, harvest procedures, and nutrient deficiencies. The book details the modern and sophisticated diagnostic methods, management, and technologies to confront these challenges.. The book gives comprehensive explanations regarding the causes for the occurrence of physiological disorder symptoms and the possible mechanisms to control these abnormalities.
Organized by the type of fruits, this volume focuses on the physiological disorders that affect tropical and subtropical fruits that include mango, banana, citrus, pomegranate, litchi, papaya, guava, fig, cashew, etc., and also covers the postharvest physiological disorders of temperate fruits, such as apple, grape, peach, cherry, strawberry, kiwi, persimmon, apricot, and plum.
Key features:
Provides the most recent advances in understanding the postharvest physiological disorders of fresh fruits Reviews the fundamental and innovative technologies for the management of the postharvest physiological disorders Covers preharvest factors affecting the postharvest quality of fresh fruits Outlines the preharvest and postharvest causes of physiological disorders and handling technologies for the highly perishable fruitsThis volume provides informative and practical information that will aid researchers, scientists, industry professionals and faculty and students in the understanding the principles, food safety techniques, and the mechanisms of postharvest physiological disorders for the best management of fresh fruits.
About the Author: Ghulam Khaliq, PhD, is Associate Professor/Chairman in the Department of Horticulture atLasbela University of Agriculture, Water and Marine Sciences, Uthal, Pakistan. Prior to that, hewas a research associate in the Agriculture and Cooperatives Department of the Government ofPakistan. His research is focused on postharvest physiology of fruits, vegetables, and ornamentalplants, and he is also working on postharvest technologies such as edible coatings, elicitors,biopreservative packaging, and the development of novel approaches to maintain quality andextend the shelf life of highly perishable products. He has executed research projects supportedby the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan and collaborates with other research institutionsaround the world. He published research articles, book chapters, conference papers, and reportsin national and international journals and serves as an editor, associate editor, reviewer, andeditorial board member of several international journals. He is a lifetime member of severalscientific societies, including the Pakistan Society for Horticultural Sciences, Pakistan BotanicalSociety, and Pakistan Society of Plant Protection.Sajid Ali, PhD, is Assistant Professor of Horticulture in the Faculty of Agricultural Sciences andTechnology at Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan, Pakistan. Dr. Ali teaches courses inundergraduate and postgraduate classes with a major focus on fruit production and postharvestphysiology. His current focus is to improve postharvest quality of fresh horticultural produce withminimum loss. He worked as a research officer and as a project development officer on tworesearch projects at the University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan. He has won severalresearch projects. Dr. Ali has authored and co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed internationaljournal publications and around 25 book chapters. He is an academic editor of Plos One andreview editor of Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems and Frontiers in Plant Science. Hereceived advanced training in postharvest physiology of horticultural crops at the US HorticulturalResearch Laboratory.
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