Gayle M Crisosto (editor) - Manual on Postharvest Handling of Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts

Manual on Postharvest Handling of Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts

Manual on Postharvest Handling of Mediterranean Tree Fruits and Nuts

Edited by

Carlos H. Crisosto

University of California, Davis, USA

and

Gayle M. Crisosto

University of California, Davis, USA

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: Crisosto, Carlos H., editor. | Crisosto, Gayle M., editor.

Title: Manual on postharvest handling of Mediterranean tree fruits and nuts / edited by Carlos H. Crisosto and Gayle M. Crisosto.

Description: Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI, [2020] | Includes bibliographical references and index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020018092 (print) | LCCN 2020018093 (ebook) | ISBN 9781789247190 (epub) | ISBN 9781789247183 (ebook) | ISBN 9781789247176 (paperback)

Subjects: LCSH: Fruit--Handling--Mediterranean Region--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Nuts--Handling--Mediterranean Region--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Fruit--Postharvest technology--Mediterranean Region--Handbooks, manuals, etc. | Nuts--Postharvest technology--Mediterranean Region--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Classification: LCC SB360 (ebook) | LCC SB360 .M425 2020 (print) | DDC 634/.046--dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020018092

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ISBN-13: 9781789247176 (paperback)
9781789247183 (ePub)
9781789247190 (ePDF)

Commissioning Editor: Rachael Russell
Editorial Assistant: Emma McCann
Production Editor: Shankari Wilford

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Contents

Carlos H. Crisosto, Sebastian Saa Silva, and Joseph H. Connell

Carlos H. Crisosto, Margarita Lpez Corrales, Giancarlo Colelli, and Manuel Joaqun Serradilla

Carlos H. Crisosto, Gemma Echeverra, and George A. Manganaris

Alejandra Salvador, Cristina Besada, and Carlos H. Crisosto

Carlos H. Crisosto and Louise Ferguson

Daniel Valero Garrido and Carlos H. Crisosto

Carlos H. Crisosto, Reinaldo Campos-Vargas, and Amnon Lichter

Contributors

Besada, Cristina, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Ctra. Moncada-Naquera, Km. 4, Moncada, Valencia 46113, Spain. Email:

Campos-Vargas, Reinaldo, Centro de Biotecnologa Vegetal, Facultad de Ciencias Biolgicas, Universidad Andrs Bello, Repblica 217, Santiago, Chile. Email:

Colelli, Giancarlo, Dipartimento di Scienze Agrarie, degli Alimenti, e dellAmbiente, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy. Email: giancarlo.

Connell, Joseph H., University of California (UC) Cooperative Extension Butte County, 2279-B Del Oro Avenue, Oroville, CA 95965, USA. Email:

Crisosto, Carlos H., Department of Plant Sciences, One Shields Avenue, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email:

Echeverra, Gemma, IRTA (Institut de Recerca i Tecnologia Agroalimentaries), Parc Cientfic i Tecnolgic Agroalimentari de Lleida, Parc de Gardeny, Edifici Fruitcentre, E-25003, Lleida, Spain. Email: gemma.

Ferguson, Louise, Department of Plant Sciences, One Shields Avenue, University of California. Davis, CA 95616, USA. Email:

Lichter, Amnon, Department of Postharvest Science, Agricultural Research Organization The Volcani Center, 68 HaMaccabim Road , POB 15159, Rishon LeZion 7505101, Israel. Email:

Lpez Corrales, Margarita, Centro de Investigacin Finca la Orden-Valdesequera, Guadajira-Badajoz, Spain. Email:

Manganaris, George A., Department of Agricultural Sciences, Biotechnology & Food Science, Cyprus University of Technology, PO Box 50329, 3603 Lemesos, Cyprus. Email:

Salvador, Alejandra, Instituto Valenciano de Investigaciones Agrarias (IVIA), Ctra. Moncada-Naquera, Km. 4.5, Moncada, Valencia 46113, Spain. Email:

Serradilla, Manuel Joaquin, Centro de Investigaciones Cientficas y Tecnolgicas de Extremadura, Instituto Tecnolgico Agroalimentario de Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain. Email:

Valero Garrido, Daniel, Deptamento de Tecnologa Agroalimentaria, Divisin Tecnologa de Alimentos, Universidad Miguel Hernndez, Carretera de Beniel, Km. 3.2, Orihuela, Spain. Email:

Preface

For over 30 years, I have been a University of California (UC), Davis, California State-Wide Pomology Postharvest Specialist in charge of fresh fruit and nuts. Prior to that, in the early 1980s, I was an Assistant Pomology Professor at the Universidad Catlica de Chile, working with deciduous fruit. Then, for less than 2 years, as a postdoc I investigated tropical fruit postharvest physiology, including coffee and sugarcane, at the Hawaiian Sugar Planters Association (Oahu and Kauai).

In my current position at UC Davis that I started in 1990, the focus of my research and extension programs is postharvest biology and technology of peaches, nectarines, plums, and apricots (stone fruit). The main objective of my research program is to better understand the orchard and postharvest factors that control fruit flavor and postharvest life and to develop and implement technologies to overcome fruit industry problems. Currently, I am applying genomic techniques to identify gene(s) responsible for fruit sensory attributes (both desirable and undesirable) and investigating physiological disorders such as chilling injury, tissue browning and off-flavors.

In the early 1990s, I added additional crops to my areas of interest: table grapes, kiwifruits, persimmons, fresh figs, pomegranates and nuts. I was living in the San Joaquin Valley and my stone fruit clientele also grew, packed and marketed these commodities. I enjoyed interacting with industry people and especially with my peers: UC Pomology Specialist Mr. F. Gordon Mitchell, University of California Cooperative Extension (UCCE) Kern County farm advisor Mr. Don Luvisi, and UCCE Tulare County farm advisor Mr. Kevin R. Day, Professor DeJong, and Themis Michailides. Some of these Mediterranean tree fruits are relatively minor crops in California with limited support, but are very important in other countries, which dedicate intensive economic resources to solving their postharvest problems. It can be difficult to access information on some of these Mediterranean tree fruits. The information may not be available, not distributed or is in other languages and most results of new research studies have not been made public.