Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Preface
Chapter 1. Pineapple Taxonomy (pp. 1-14)
Gabriel Moretti-Almeida
Chapter 2. Nutritional Values and Post-Harvest Handling of Pineapples (pp. 15-42)
Balakrishnan Kunasundari, Mei Kying Ong, Kokila Thiagarajah, Shao Yin Ooi and Huey-Shi Lye
Chapter 3. Bromelain from Pineapple: Its Stability and Therapeutic Potentials (pp. 43-100)
Sromona Das and Debasish Bhattacharyya
Chapter 4. Fresh-Cut Pineapple: UV-C Light Potentialities in Shelf-Life Extension (pp. 101-116)
Stella Plazzotta and Lara Manzocco
Chapter 5. Ionizing Energy for Shelf-Life Longevity on Pineapples’ Ready-To-Eat Status (pp. 117-128)
Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder and Valter Arthur
Chapter 6. The Effects of Gamma Radiation in the Post-Harvest Conservation of Pineapple cv. Smooth Cayenne (pp. 129-140)
Valter Arthur and Marcia Nalesso Costa Harder
Chapter 7. Processing Pineapple Juice Using Ultraviolet Irradiation (pp. 141-190)
Nor Hasni Hambali, Koh Pei Chen, Noranizan Mohd Adzahan and Rosnah Shamsudin
Chapter 8. Pineapple Fruit: Technical Aspects of Cultivation, Postharvest and Nutrition (pp. 191-226)
Henriqueta Talita Guimarães Barboza, Alexandra Mara Goulart Nunes Mamede, Antonio Gomes Soares, Otniel Freitas Silva, Valéria Bezerra Saldanha, José Ribamar Gusmão Araujo and Augusto César Vieira Neves Junior
Chapter 9. Gene Silencing by MicroRNA in Pineapple: Discovery, Involvement in the Control of Fruit Development and its Application as Artificial Gene Regulators (pp. 227-244)
Noor Hydayaty Md Yusuf, Mariam Abd. Latip, and Vijay S. Kumar
Editor’s Contact Information (pp. 245-246)
Index (pp. 247)
Audience
Students, professionals in area of biological sciences, farmers