The book addresses various subjects and dimensions, with a particular focus on the post-harvest handling and processing of fruits and vegetables, including mushrooms. It covers the scope of technology for fruits and vegetables, non-destructive methods to evaluate fresh quality, radiation preservation, chemistry of pectin and pigments and their applications, nutraceutical compounds, membrane processing of liquid fruits, dehydrated and intermediate moisture products, the importance of bamboo and mushrooms as food, influence of process conditions on product quality, food additives in product preparation, packaging aspects, microbiological safety concerns, relevant analytical methods, mushroom nutraceuticals, and bio-technological interventions for improvement of banana. The book concludes with a final note on conclusions in the last chapter.

Somasundaram Rajarathnam: Head of the Department; Department of Fruit and Vegetable Technology, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore - 570 020, Karnataka, India

Ramesh Shyam Ramteke: Scientist – G, Department of Fruit and Vegetable Technology, Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore - 570 020, Karnataka, India

1: Scope for Science and Technology of Fruits & Vegetables by S. Rajarathnam 2: Non-Destructive Methods in Quality Regulations of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables by M.N. Keshava Prakash 3: Radiation Preservation of Fruits and Vegetables by V.B. Kudachikar 4: Pectin: Chemistry, Properties and Applications by P. Vijayanand and S.G. Kulkarni 5: Pigments of Fruits and Vegetables: Chemistry, Technology and Food Applications by H.B. Sowbhagya 6: Nutraceuticals from Fruits and Vegetables by S.M. Aradhya and Policegoudra 7: Membrane Processing for Liquid Fruits by Ng. Iboyaima Singh 8: Trends in the Development of Intermediate Moisture Foods (IMFs) from Fruits and Vegetables by A.S. Chauhan and R.S. Ramteke 9: Production Technology of Fruit and Vegetable Powders by A.S. Chauhan and R.S. Ramteke 10: Food Applications of Bamboo Shoots by M.N. Rekha and R.S. Ramteke 11: Storage and Processing of Mushrooms by M.N. Shashirekha and S. Rajarathnam 12: Product Quality as Function of Processing Conditions by S. Rajarathnam 13: Food Additives in Processed Fruit and Vegetable Products by V.D. Sattigeri 14: Packaging of Processed Fruit and Vegetable Products by A.R.Indiramma and N.S. Vijayalakshmi 15: Microbiological Safety Concerns of Fruits and Vegetables and Their Products: Status and Regulations by Prema Vishwanath 16: Analytical Methods in Fruit and Vegetable Processing by M.R. Vijayalakshmi and S. Rajarathnam 17: Mushroom Nutraceuticals by M.N. Shashirekha and S. Rajarathnam 18: Biotechnological Interventions for Improvement of Banana Post Harvest Quality by Bhagyalakshmi N., Manjunatha G. and Lokesh V