Sökning: "postharvest loss"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 6 uppsatser innehållade orden postharvest loss.

  1. 1. Impact of light quality on leafy green vegetables

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Biosystems and Technology (from 130101)

    Författare :Muhammad Abdul Aziz; [2021]
    Nyckelord :blue light; controlled light; E. coli; spinach;

    Sammanfattning : Fruits and vegetables are a vital part of the human diet, and their consumption is on the rise because they are considered as a healthy intake. However, ingredients of fruits and vegetables are vulnerable in postharvest handling like moisture loss, wrong handling, physical damage, and microbial contamination. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Evaluation of bee-vectored Aureobasidium pullulans for biocontrol of grey mould in strawberry

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Plant Protection Biology

    Författare :Matilda Jützeler; [2021]
    Nyckelord :Aureobasidium pullulans; biocontrol; Bombus terrestris; Botrytis cinerea; entomovectoring; fungal disease; strawberry;

    Sammanfattning : The fungal pathogen Botrytis cinerea causes grey mould in strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) inflicting great yield loss and significant economic loss. To date, spraying with chemical fungicides is the primary management practice to control this disease. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Characterization of postharvest changes in onion and their relation with storage time

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Livsmedelsteknik och nutrition (master)

    Författare :Vincenzo Castellone; [2016]
    Nyckelord :post-harvest; onion; sprouting; livsmedelsteknik; food engineering; Agriculture and Food Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Onion (Allium cepa L.) is the most economically important Allium crop. The commercial cycle of onion starts with the harvest and expect for the bulbs a conservation in bulks or in storage area at controlled temperature and relative humidity. LÄS MER

  5. 4. Modelling Grain Surplus/Deficit in Cameroon for 2030

    Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskap

    Författare :Thirze Hermans; [2016]
    Nyckelord :modelling; grains; Cameroon; Physical Geography and Ecosystem Analysis; food security; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Sammanfattning : Central Africa has the lowest food production per capita, slow yield development and the fastest growing population in the world. This study aimed to develop a model, which estimates the grain surplus or deficit in Cameroon for 2015-2030. LÄS MER

  7. 5. Assessment of postharvest loss for perishable produces from wholesalers to consumers : a case study of Et-fruit distribution company in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

    Master-uppsats, SLU/Dept. of Economics

    Författare :Tesfaye Sebeko; [2015]
    Nyckelord :fresh produces in Ethiopia; Impact of food loss; postharvest loss; upply chain channels;

    Sammanfattning : This thesis underlines an assessment of the Postharvest loss conditions of selected fresh produces of Etfruit wholesalers and its impact on chain players in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Reducing Postharvest loss instead of increasing the volume of production can save scarce resources, ecofriendly and improve food security (Kader, 2004). LÄS MER