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The Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Perishables: Principles, Technologies, and Best Practices

"The commercial storage of fruits, vegetables, and other highly perishable commodities requires a precise integration of thermodynamics, biological science, and supply chain management to slow respiration, inhibit microbial decay, and maintain market quality from harvest to retail delivery. Introduction to Commercial Storage of Fruits, Vegetables, and Perishables The preservation of harvested horticultural crops is one of the most critical links in the modern agricultural supply chain. When fruits and vegetables are detached from their parent plants, they remain living, respiring tissues that consume oxygen, burn internal carbohydrate reserves..."

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