Durable commodities are the raw products from which food can be made and are the staples on which most humans rely; with but a few exceptions they are the seeds

International trade in high value perishables has grown enormously in the past few decades. In the developed world consumers now expect to be able to eat perish

World-wide losses of crops, post-harvest, through microbial action,pests, diseases and other types of spoilage amount to millions oftons every year. This essent

Postharvest Handling: A Systems Approach introduces a new concept in the handling of fresh fruits and vegetable. Traditional treatments have been either physiol

New Challenges in Seed Biology - Basic and Translational Research Driving Seed Technology combines different aspects of basic and translational research in seed