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A wider understanding of potato postharvest practices is needed to improve working relations between growers, agronomists, pathologists and crop store managers. Providing a comprehensive examination of international potato production, this book identifies which storage systems suit particular climatic zones as well as considering interactions between crop microclimate, dehydration, crop cooling, condensation and disease development. Potatoes Postharvest will guide the reader through the activities following harvest from store loading, store management, and grading to packaging and dispatch.

Table of Contents
1: Physiology 2: Harvesting and store loading systems 3: Store climate 4: Disease control in store 5: Store design and structure 6: Store ventilation 7: Store refrigeration 8: Store environment control 9: Store management 10: Seed grading and preparation for planting 11: Packhouse and processing facilities 12: Quality assurance 13: Marketing and costs

Potatoes Postharvest

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      Publisher CABI Publishing
      Published 25 February 2009
      ISBN-13 9780851995021
      978-0851995021
      ISBN-10 0851995020
      Also in:
      Agricultural engineering and machinery Agronomy and crop production

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      A wider understanding of potato postharvest practices is needed to improve working relations between growers, agronomists, pathologists and crop store managers. Providing a comprehensive examination of international potato production, this book identifies which storage systems suit particular climatic zones as well as considering interactions between crop microclimate, dehydration, crop cooling, condensation and disease development. Potatoes Postharvest will guide the reader through the activities following harvest from store loading, store management, and grading to packaging and dispatch.

      Table of Contents
      1: Physiology 2: Harvesting and store loading systems 3: Store climate 4: Disease control in store 5: Store design and structure 6: Store ventilation 7: Store refrigeration 8: Store environment control 9: Store management 10: Seed grading and preparation for planting 11: Packhouse and processing facilities 12: Quality assurance 13: Marketing and costs

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