Horticulture
Post Harvest Technology
Harvesting, Handling and Storage of Horticultural Crops
A.S. Dhatt and B.V.C. Mahajan
Punjab Horticultural Postharvest Technology Centre
Punjab Agricultural University Campus,
Ludhiana
(16-07-2007)
CONTENTS
Introduction
Harvesting
Types of indices and their components
Harvesting tools, containers and methods
Handling
Packing house operations
Precooling of horticulture produce
Packaging of horticulture produce
Post harvest treatments
Storage
Controlled atmosphere storage
Hypobaric storage or low-pressure system
Ripening of fruits
Keywords
Harvesting, Handling, Storage, Horticultural crop