Potatoes postharvest /
This book concentrates on the essential principles of storage, grading and dispatch of potatoes. The focus is the potato tuber and all of the influences that can affect its final quality when sold. Background information such as the tuber's physical development, its metabolic processes, its sus...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK :
CABI,
2009.
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| Online Access: | View fulltext via EzAccess |
| Summary: | This book concentrates on the essential principles of storage, grading and dispatch of potatoes. The focus is the potato tuber and all of the influences that can affect its final quality when sold. Background information such as the tuber's physical development, its metabolic processes, its susceptibility to damage and disease are provided where this aids understanding as to why stored crops develop the problems they do. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xx, 427 pages) : illustrations, charts Also available in print format. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 407-416) and index. |
| Access: | Access limited to subscribing institution. |