Color atlas of postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables.9780813817521 Color atlas of postharvest quality of fruits and vegetables. Nunes, Maria Cecilia do Nascimento. Blackwell Publishing 2008 463 pages $220.00 Hardcover SB360 From Agaricus bisporus Agaricus bisporus, known as table mushroom, cultivated mushroom or button mushroom, is an edible basidiomycete fungus which naturally occurs in grasslands, fields and meadows across Europe and North America, though has spread much more widely and is one (the cultivated white button mushroom button mushroom Noun an unripe mushroom ) to Zea mays Zea mays a grass in plant family Poaceae. A staple part of human and animal diet in many countries as corn or maize meal. The standing green crop, up to 10 ft high, makes excellent ensilage and green chop. May be infested with poisonous fungi in the field or as stored grain. (sweet corn), and not overlooking more exotic fruits and vegetables, Nunes (food science and human nutrition, U. of Florida, Gainesville) provides a unique reference that shows how time-temperature conditions impact the postharvest visual and presumably pre·sum·a·ble adj. That can be presumed or taken for granted; reasonable as a supposition: presumable causes of the disaster. nutritional qualities of selected local and "world wide classic" cultivars in real-life rather than under laboratory conditions. A maximum of six hours is said to have elapsed e·lapse intr.v. e·lapsed, e·laps·ing, e·laps·es To slip by; pass: Weeks elapsed before we could start renovating. n. between the harvested produce grown under known conditions and this photographic study. For each fruit and vegetable, chapters include the scientific and common names, quality selection criteria, recommendations on optimum handling and storage, and color photographs showing the effects of different storage times and temperatures. ([c]20082005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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