Table of Contents

CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. Food Supply Chains: From Productivity toward Quality. Quality and Breeding - Cultivars, Genetic Engineering. Consumer Preferences and Breeding Goals. FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. Effects on the Quality of Stored Apple Fruit. Environmental Effects on Product Quality. Postharvest Handling and Storage of Vegetables. QUALITY. Acceptability. Fruit and Vegetable Quality. Consumer Preference. Instrumental Data - Consumer Acceptance. House of Quality - An Integrated View of Fruit and Vegetable Quality. AN INTEGRATED VIEW. Economics of Quality. Integrated Quality Management Applied to the Processed Vegetables Industry. Methods and Examples of Integration. Integrating Problem-Oriented Research. A More Integrated View. Index

About the Author

Robert L. Shewfelt, Bernhard Brückner