ABSTRACT

The purpose of the book Postharvest Plant Pathology is to provide its readers recent developments and updated comprehensive information on postharvest pathogens & diseases of major crops. This book explicates the fundamental aspects of postharvest diseases of crops and is conveniently divided into ten chapters, providing the latest information on the concept & types of postharvest diseases, economically significant postharvest pathogens & diseases of major crops, factors governing postharvest diseases, storage conditions, food safety issues, quiescence in post harvest pathogens, detailed & recent information on major mycotoxins, various approaches of postharvest disease management, integrated management strategies, biochemical & molecular aspects of postharvest diseases, apart from which, an exclusive chapter for discussing the postharvest nematode diseases and their management is also furnished.
Note: T&F does not sell or distribute the hardback in India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. This title is co-published with NIPA.

chapter 1|46 pages

Concept and Types of Postharvest Diseases

chapter 2|104 pages

Postharvest Diseases

chapter 3|69 pages

Factors Governing Postharvest Diseases

chapter 4|37 pages

storage Conditions and Food safety Issues

chapter 5|23 pages

Quiescence in Postharvest Pathogens

chapter 6|66 pages

Mycotoxins

chapter 7|113 pages

Postharvest Disease Management