Fifteen scientists at labs in food corporations and universities in the US, New Zealand, Switzerland, Israel, and the UK have contributed ten papers on various aspects of fruit from the industry perspective. Topics include concerns of production in a global market, inorganic nutrients and their effect on fruit quality, consumer perceptions of texture and cell wall metabolism, consumer perceptions of flavor and volatile metabolism, temperature management, atmosphere control, mechanical injury, ethylene synthesis, post-harvest disease management, and genetic control of fruit ripening. Each paper is followed by a comprehensive bibliography. Knee is in the department of horticulture and crop science at the Ohio State U in Columbus. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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