Download or read book Postharvest Biology and Technology for Preserving Fruit Quality written by Daniel Valero and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2010-05-12 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in the postharvest behavior of fruits and vegetables has a history as long as mankind's. Once we moved past mere survival, the goal of postharvest preservation research became learning how to balance consumer satisfaction with quantity and quality while also preserving nutritional quality. A comprehensive overview of new postharvest techno