Postharvest Technology of Tropical Fruits and Vegetables

by Surajit Mitra, T.K. Bose

ISBN: 9789371707466
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Imprint : Daya Publishing House
Year : 2026
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Author Profile

Dr. Surajit Mitra is a Professor and Former Head of the Department of Postharvest Technology under the Faculty of Horticulture at Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya (State Agricultural University), West Bengal, India. He acquired his M. Sc. (Ag.) in Horticulture and Ph. D. degree from Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya in 1993 and 1998 respectively. He was awarded several National and International Fellowships, and participated in International Training Courses on Postharvest Technology at Kasetsart University, Thailand; Postharvest Education Foundation, USA; Agricultural Research Organization, Israel; and Wageningen University, Netherlands. He also attended and presented several research papers, and delivered lead lectures on nutrition and postharvest technology in International Conferences in England, Germany, Belgium, Luxembourg, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, and both in National and International Conferences in India. Prof. Mitra delivered a keynote speech and chaired a Technical Session in the 17th World Congress on ‘Nutrition and Food Chemistry- 2018’ at London, UK. He has published 71 research papers in peer reviewed national and international journals, authored 20 book chapters and 4 books on different aspects of postharvest technology of horticultural crops. Prof. Mitra has supervised 11 students of M. Sc. (Hort.) and 9 students of Ph. D. in Postharvest Technology. He has developed two varieties each of sweet potato and eddoe taro, and one variety each of dasheen taro, elephant foot yam and swamp taro. Among various recognitions, Chaudhary Debi Lal Outstanding AICRP Award from Indian Council of Agricultural Research as a team member of AICRP on Tuber Crops; Best Paper Award by International Society for Horticultural Science for a collaborative research work with colleagues in Venezuela; Outstanding Scientist Award-2018 from the Society of Tropical Agriculture, New Delhi, India, Eminent Scientist Award-2016 from Samagra Vikas Welfare Society, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, Outstanding Scientist Award-2015 from Venus International Foundation, Chennai, India; Achiever Award-2015 from SADHNA, Dr. YS Parmar University of Horticulture and Forestry, Solan, Himachal Pradesh, India are noteworthy. Dr. Mitra is an Editorial Board Member of International Journal of Forestry and Horticulture, Permanent Honorary Board Member of Society for advancement of Human and Nature, and Invited editor for special issues on nutrition and postharvest technology in some Open Access Journals. He is also a Life Member of the Indian Academy of Horticultural Sciences, Indian Science Congress Association, Society for the Advancement of Horticulture, Indian Society for Root Crops, and Crop and Weed Science Society. Professor T.K. Bose awarded M.Sc. (Ag.), Ph.D. degree from Calcutta University, West Bengal, India. Former Horticulturist and Secretary of the Agri-Horticultural Society of India; Project Coordinator, All India Coordinated Floriculture Improvement Project (ICAR); Professor and Head, Department of Horticulture; Dean, Faculty of Agriculture; Director of Research, Bidhan Chandra Krishi Viswavidyalaya, West Bengal; Member, State Agriculture Commission, West Bengal; Member of Scientific Advisory Committees of ICAR, CSIR (Govt. of India) and Government of West Bengal. Awarded D.Sc. (Honoris Causa) from OUAT, Bhubaneshwar, Odisha and UBKV, Coochbehar, West Bengal, India. Guided around 45 students for their Ph.D. degree, published more than 250 research papers and authored 30 books on horticultural crops.

About The Book

In this book, an attempt has been made to cover the most important aspects of postharvest management of tropical fruits and vegetables including new development in postharvest technology along with the conventional technologies. An attempt has also been made to highlight major causes of spoilage of fresh and processed products with proper postharvest management for reducing loss and maintaining quality of harvested produce to make fruits and vegetables available all the year round either in fresh or processed form. This book is based on syllabi of different courses on postharvest technology offered both at undergraduate and postgraduate levels in the agricultural and horticultural universities. The endeavour in compiling this book will only be successful if the students, researchers, teachers, extension workers and interested people find this book useful.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements vii From the Desk of Prof. T.K. Bose ix Preface xi List of Contributors xv 1. Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Industry, and Postharvest Losses: An Overview 1 Surajit Mitra 2. New Development in Postharvest Technology 21 Surajit Mitra 3. Issues in Quality and Safety of Fresh and Fresh-cut Produce 37 Surajit Mitra and Amit Kumar Singh 4. Pre-harvest and Postharvest Factors Influencing Quality and Shelf Life of Fruits and Vegetables 57 Surajit Mitra, Nguyen Thanh Tung, Amit Kumar Singh and Arghya Mani 5. Maturity, Ripening and Senescence 77 Surajit Mitra, Amit Kumar Singh, Arvind Kumar Chaurasiya and Arghya Mani xiv 6. Influence of Respiration, Transpiration and Ethylene on the Quality and Shelf-Life of Fruits and Vegetable Crops 103 Sonja Veljovic, Saša Despotovic and Surajit Mitra 7. Pre-harvest, Pre-cooling and Pre-storage Treatments 125 Nguyen Thanh Tung and Surajit Mitra 8. Packaging of Fruits and Vegetables 161 Surajit Mitra and Sonja Veljoviæ 9. Transportation of Fruits and Vegetables 189 Surajit Mitra and Hugo O. Ramírez-Guerrero 10. Marketing of Fruits and Vegetables 207 Surajit Mitra and Maria Fernanda Berlingieri Durigan 11. Storage of Fruits and Vegetables 227 Surajit Mitra 12. By-products from Culled Produce and Factory Wastes 249 Ghan Shyam Abrol and Amit Kumar Singh 13. Postharvest Management of Tropical and Sub-tropical Fruits 261 Nguyen Thanh Tung and Surajit Mitra 14. Postharvest Management of Vegetable Crops 323 Biswajit Karmakar and Surajit Mitra 15. Postharvest Management of Tropical Tuber Crops 359 J. Suresh Kumar, T. Krishnakumar, R. Arutselvan, M.S. Sajeev and S. Sunitha 16. Minimal Processing of Fruits and Vegetables 385 Manisha Ch. Momin and Alemmoa. R. Jamir 17. Fermentation Technology 409 M. Preema Devi, J. Aresh and Aparna G.S Index 435