Dates

Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Health Benefits
Herausgegeben von Siddiq, Muhammad; Aleid, Salah M.; Kader, Adel A.

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Dates are an important fruit, especially in many African,Middle-Eastern and Asian countries. In recent years this fruit hasgained significant importance in terms of global commerce. Duringthe period 1990-2009, global production of dates saw anincrease of 219% and this trend is expected to continue as per FAOprojections. Some of the major challenges confronting date fruitproduction and commerce are issues related to postharvest handlingtechnologies, use of appropriate processing and packagingtechnologies, food safety aspects and quality assurance.

Dates: Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and HealthBenefits provides contemporary information that brings togethercurrent knowledge and practices in the value chain of dates, fromproduction through to consumption. The important book published byWiley Blackwell features coverage from leading experts oninnovative processing technologies, packaging, quality managementand pest control for dates. It is the only book to address thescience and technology of the postharvest production of dates, acommercially important and growing sector of the food industry.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 1. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. Dezember 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 246mm x 170mm x 20mm
• Gewicht: 820g
• ISBN-13: 9781118292372
• ISBN-10: 1118292375
• Artikelnr.: 39764893

Autorenporträt

The Editors: Dr Muhammad Siddiq, Associate Professor, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA (Currently: Food Science Consultant, Windsor, Ontario, Canada) Dr Salah M. Aleid, Director, Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisa University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia Dr Adel A. Kader (1941-2012), Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA

Inhaltsangabe

Preface vii Obituary: Professor Adel A. Kader ix List of Contributors xi 1
Overview of Date Fruit Production, Postharvest handling, Processing, and
Nutrition 1 Muhammad Siddiq and Ibrahim Greiby 2 Date Palm: Production 29
Abdullah A. Jaradat 3 Biology and Postharvest Physiology of Date Fruit 57
Maria Gloria Lobo, Elhadi M. Yahia, and Adel A. Kader 4 Insect Pests of
Stored Dates and Their Management 81 Mahmoud Abo-El-Saad and Hamadttu
El-Shafie 5 Harvesting and Postharvest Technology of Dates 105 Elhadi M.
Yahia, Maria Gloria Lobo, and Adel A. Kader 6 Packaging Technologies for
Dates and Date Products 137 Vanee Chonhenchob, Koushik Saha, Sher Paul
Singh, and Muhammad Siddiq 7 Physical and Structural Characteristics of
Dates 157 Mohammad Shafiur Rahman 8 Date Fruit Processing and Processed
Products 171 Salah M. Aleid 9 Innovative Processing Technologies for
Processing Dates 203 Salah M. Aleid 10 Value-added Utilization of Dates
By-products 233 Huthail Najib and Yousef M. Al-Yousef 11 Date Fruit
Composition and Nutrition 261 Jasim Ahmed, Fahad M. Al-Jasass, and Muhammad
Siddiq 12 Bioactive Compounds, Nutritional and Functional Properties of
Date Fruit 285 Praveen K. Vayalil Index 305