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Postharvest Biology and Technology of Loquat

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Postharvest Biology and Technology of Temperate Fruits

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Loquat, a non-climacteric fruit, is well known for its taste, juiciness and high nutrition value. Loquat is mainly consumed as fresh fruit and the important quality attributes are skin color, flesh firmness, soluble solids content, acidity and soluble solids content/acidity ratio. It has a short shelf life at ambient temperatures and is susceptible to various physical, mechanical and nutritional losses. A number of technologies have been evaluated for extending the shelf-life of loquat fruit and include cold storage, controlled atmosphere storage, modified atmosphere packaging, edible coatings, chemical and heat treatments.

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  1. Department of Food Technology, Islamic University of Science and Technology, Awantipora, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Bisma Zargar, Shaiq Ahmad Ganai & Shabir Ahmad Mir

  2. Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India

    Mohammad Maqbool Mir

  3. Department of Food Science and Technology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, India

    Manzoor Ahmad Shah

  4. Division of Fruit Science, Sher-e-Kashmir University of Agricultural Sciences and Technology of Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir, 190025, India

    Shafat Ahmad Banday

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Zargar, B., Mir, M.M., Ganai, S.A., Mir, S.A., Shah, M.A., Banday, S.A. (2018). Postharvest Biology and Technology of Loquat. In: Mir, S., Shah, M., Mir, M. (eds) Postharvest Biology and Technology of Temperate Fruits. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76843-4_12

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