Horticulture horticultural products

Watada AE, Ko NP and Minott DA. 1996. Factors affecting quality of fresh-cut horticultural products. 

The potential for developing NMR as an on-line sensor of the internal quality of fruits and vegetables is discussed. The literature on the NMR of horticultural products is first surveyed for potentially useful correlations between NMR characteristics and internal quality factors in commercially important harvested products. This is followed by discussions on the cellular origins of these correlations and of the technical problems to be overcome in the development of a commercial on-line NMR sensor. 

The motive for developing commercial NMR sensors of horticultural products hardly needs to be laboured. Consumers expect their fruit and vegetables to be of consistent high quality, at optimum ripeness, juiciness and texture and, of course, free from bruises, disease, infestation and other internal quality defects. Unfortunately for the fruit or vegetable grower, many of these quality factors are outside their control. Factors such as the weather, harvesting conditions and natural biological diversity mean that the quality of... 

Diffusive attenuation is not merely of academic interest because it will probably be an inherent cause of echo attenuation in on-line NMR sensors whenever the sample moves through gradients and inhomogeneities in the main sensor field. It is therefore important to understand their potential effect and possible use in assessing quality of horticultural products. 

Quite clearly there remains a great deal of basic NMR and modelling work to be done before we can claim to understand the relaxation and diffusion behaviour of horticultural products. In particular there is a need for more... 

In Vivo Proton NMR Studies in Skeletal Musculature is covered by J. Machann, G. Steidle, C. Thamer, I. Mader and F. Schick this is followed by an account on Quality Assessment of Horticultural Products by NMR from B. P. Hills and C. J. Clark Applications of NMR to Thermostable Proteins is reviewed by E. Alberti, R. Consonni and L. Zetta High Pressure NMR Studies on Lyotropic Lipid Mesophases and Model Biomembrances are reviewed by R. Winter W. S. Veeman discusses Diffusion in a Closed Sphere finally L. Griffiths covers Automatic Analysis of NMR Spectra. It is a pleasure for me to record my gratitude to all of the authors and to the production team for this volume. 

Davis, D. R. (2006). Commentary on Historical variation in the mineral composition of edible horticultural products . J. Hort. Sci. Biotech., 81, 553-554. 

Production, market Demand for family and relatives Barter trade (mainly subsistence farming) Export crops (coffee, tea, pyrethrum most crops grown for subsistence such as maize also gets there way into the market) Export of tea dominates but coffee and pyrethrum experience a marked decline due to changes of market forces. Production of maize for market is increased. Increased horticultural production is also realized Export crops Export of tea still dominates but coffee and pyrethrum start picking up at a slow pace. Production of maize and other horticultural crops for market is increased... 

FAO/ITC/CTA (2001) World markets for organic fruit and vegetables -opportunities for developing countries in the production and export of organic horticultural products.- International Trade Centre, Technical Centre For Agricultural and Rural Cooperation, Food and Agriculture Organization of The United Nations, Rome, Italy. Online at... 

Watada, A.E., Ko, N.P. and Minott, D.A. (1996) Factors affecting quality of fresh-cut horticultural products. Postharvest Biology and Technology 9, 11 5-1 25. 

Vertex business is divided into six categories Technical Components, Dairy, Industrial Containers, Household Products, Food Trays and Securefresh. Processes include rigid blow-moulded containers for industrial, household, chemical and agricultural products extruded sheet and thermoformed containers for food manufacturers, kiwifruit and horticultural products disposable and point-of-sale packaging for the food service sector and injection-moulded components for human and animal health products. 

Armstrong, I.W. (1994) Heat and cold treatments. In Insect Pests and Fresh Horticultural Products Treatments and Responses. Pauli, R.E. and Armstrong, I.W., (eds), CAB International, Wallingford, UK, pp. 103-119. 

Horticultural Products Review, Citrus Products, U.S. Department of Agriculture, F.A.S. Circular Ser. FHORT 11-87, November, 1987. 

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