Table of contents - Issue 3, June 2007

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I. Enhancing the phytochemical content of fruits and vegetables

Edited by Clément Vigneault

1. EDITORIAL REVIEW – Enhancing the phytochemical component of fruits and vegetables: a long way to go
Clément Vigneault [Full text]

2. Importance of the phytochemical content of fruits and vegetables to human health
Limei Chen, Clément Vigneault, GS Vijaya Raghavan and Stan Kubow [Abstract] [Full text]

3. Preharvest ways of enhancing the phytochemical content of fruits and vegetables
Wang Qing Lei, Shahrokh Khanizadeh and Clément Vigneault [Abstract] [Full text]

4. Heat treatment application to increase fruit and vegetable quality
Jianbo Lu, Clément Vigneault, Marie Thérèse Charles and GS Vijaya Raghavan [Abstract] [Full text]

5. Pressure treatment for increasing fruit and vegetable qualities
Bernard Goyette, Marie Thérèse Charles, Clément Vigneault and GS Vijaya Raghavan

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6. UV treatment of fresh fruits and vegetables for improved quality: a status report
Marie Thérèse Charles and Joseph Arul [Abstract] [Full text]

7. Irradiation treatment for increasing fruit and vegetable quality
Monique Lacroix and Clément Vigneault [Abstract] [Full text]

8. Gas treatments for increasing the phytochemical content of fruits and vegetables
Clément Vigneault and Francisco Artés-Hernández [Abstract] [Full text]

9. The effect of heat treatments on the fate of foodborne pathogens in horticultural produce
Pascal Delaquis and John W Austin [Abstract] [Full text]

II. Economics and marketing

10. Grower direct marketing systems
Jean-Joseph Cadilhon [Abstract] [Full text]

11. Contract farming: theory and practice in the 21st century
Sukhpal Singh [Abstract] [Full text]

III. Storage

Edited by Maria T Lafuente

12. The relationship between antioxidants and postharvest storage quality of
fruits and vegetables
D Mark Hodges and John M DeLong [Abstract] [Full text]