Postharvest Nanotechnology for Fresh Horticultural Produce: Innovations and Applications [Paperback]

This book?has been edited to advance understanding of material development, intelligent selection of nanomaterials to ensure the nontoxic nature, and future perspectives of nanotechnology on postharvest produce.

Dr. Radhakrishnan E.K is currently working as Assistant Professor in School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Director of Business Innovation and Incubation Centre (BIIC) and as Joint Director of Inter University Centre for Organic Farming and Sustainable Agriculture (IUCOFSA), Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, Kerala, India.

Ms. Ashitha Jose is currently pursuing her Ph.D in Biochemistry at School of Biosciences, Mahatma Gandhi University, Kottayam, India. Her area of research is food packaging materials with incorporated nanoparticles. So far she has authored several book chapters of various publishing groups.

Dr. Sunil Pareek is working as Associate Professor at NIFTEM, Kundli, Haryana. He is Head of the Department of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences and also Director (IQAC).?

Food scarcity and insecurity is an alarming issue throughout the world. Postharvest loss due to both mechanical damage and microbial spoilage significantly influences the shelf life and hence the availability of agricultural produce. Once initiated, the microbial spoilage can make bulk quantity of a given agricultural product unacceptable for human consumption, and several methods have already been used to try to manage this. Considering the limited success of the available methods, there is increasing interest in exploring nanotechnological methods. These methods are being considered for both the development of various platforms for antimicrobial/barrier packaging applications that minimize the contact of agricultural produce with the external environment, anlÚ