Handbook of Vegetable Science and Technology: Production, Compostion, Storage, and Processing

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CRC Press, Mar 19, 1998 - Technology & Engineering - 742 pages
"Furnishes exhaustive, single-source coverage of the production and postharvest technology of more than 70 major and minor vegetables grown in tropical, subtropical, and temperate regions throughout the world. Provides comparative data for each vegetable presented. "
 

Contents

1 Introduction
1
2 Potato
11
3 Sweet Potato
71
4 Cassava
99
5 Carrot
119
6 Other Roots Tubers and Rhizomes
141
7 Tomato
171
8 Capsicum
203
17 Garlic
397
18 Other Alliums
415
19 Garden Pea
433
20 French Bean
457
21 Other Legumes
471
22 Lettuce
493
23 Asparagus
511
24 Celery and Other Salad Vegetables
523

9 Eggplant Brinjal
225
10 Cucumber and Melon
245
11 Pumpkins Squashes and Gourds
273
12 Cabbage
299
13 Cauliflower
323
14 Broccoli
337
15 Other Crucifers
359
16 Onion
373
25 Leafy Vegetables
533
26 Okra
589
27 Sweet Corn
609
28 Mushrooms
647
29 Minor Vegetables
683
30 Vegetables in Human Nutrition
695
Index
705
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Salunkhe, D. K.; Kadam, S. S.

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