Publisher's Synopsis
"Vegetable Crops, Herbs, and Flowers covers the issues--postharvest biology, technology, and handling systems--that underlie efforts to maintain the postharvest quality and extend the postharvest life of ornamental crops, fresh herbs, fruit vegetables, leafy vegetables, and underground vegetables. Primary among such efforts are maintaining recommended temperature and relative humidity and minimizing. wounding and microbial contamination"-- Provided by publisher.