Table of contents - Issue 6, December 2007

I. Spoilage, deterioration and losses

Edited by Shiping Tian

1. Induced resistance in postharvest fruits and vegetables by chemicals and its mechanism

Yang Bi, Yongcai Li and Yonghong Ge [Abstract] [Full text]

2. Effects of salicylic acid on disease resistance and postharvest decay control of fruits

Shiping Tian, Guozheng Qin, Boqiang Li, Qing Wang and Xianghong Meng [Abstract] [Full text]

3. Enzymatic browning and its control in fresh-cut produce

Qiang He and Yaguang Luo [Abstract] [Full text]

4. Novel approaches to prevent and control postharvest diseases of fruits

M Mari, F Neri and P Bertolini [Abstract] [Full text]

II. Postharvest management of rambutans

Edited by Dharini Sivakumar

5. Alternative methods for controlling postharvest diseases of rambutan during storage and transportation

Dharini Sivakumar and Lise Korsten [Abstract] [Full text]

6. Chilling-related browning of rambutan

Satoru Kondo [Abstract] [Full text]

III. Management of stored grain quality

Edited by Marc Savard

7. EDITORIAL REVIEW: Management of stored grain quality

Marc Savard [Full text]

8. Structural heat treatment for disinfesting insect pests in food-processing facilities

Rizana M Mahroof [Abstract] [Full text]

9. Use of fumigation for managing grain quality

Somiahnadar Rajendran and Venkata-rao Sriranjini [Abstract] [Full text]

10. The use of botanicals by resource poor farmers in Africa and Asia for the protection of stored agricultural products

Daniel Obeng-Ofori [Abstract] [Full text]

11. Wheat milling quality and its measurement

Brian G Osborne [Abstract] [Full text]

12. Sampling for grain quality

Martien C Spanjer [Abstract] [Full text]

IV. Economics and marketing

Edited by Peter Batt

13. EDITORIAL REVIEW: Alternative marketing strategies for smallholder farmers

Peter J Batt [Full text]

14. Grower direct marketing systems

Jean-Joseph Cadilhon [Abstract] [Full text]

15. Review of farmers’ markets

Abdul Rahman Saili, Maria Fay Rola-Rubzen and Peter J Batt [Abstract] [Full text]

16. Contract farming: theory and practice in the 21st century

Sukhpal Singh [Abstract] [Full text]

17. The role of grower collaborative marketing groups in developing countries

Roy Murray-Prior [Abstract] [Full text]

V. Processing, quality and thermophysical properties of pureed fruits and vegetables

18. Rheology of food puree

Elham Azarpazooh, Neda Maftoon Azad and Hosahalli S Ramaswamy [Abstract]

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