TY - CHAP AU - Alejandro Isabel Luna-Maldonado AU - Clement Vigneault AU - Kei Nakaji ED - Alejandro Isabel Luna Maldonado Y1 - 2012-03-16 PY - 2012 T1 - Postharvest Technologies of Fresh Horticulture Produce N2 - This book is about the novel aspects and future trends of the horticulture. The topics covered by this book are the effect of the climate and soil characteristics on the nitrogen balance, influence of fertilizers with prolongation effect, diversity in grapevine gene pools, growth and nutrient uptake for tomato plants, post-harvest quality, chemical composition and antioxidant activity, local botanical knowledge and agrobiodiversity, urban horticulture, use of the humectant agents in protected horticulture as well as post-harvest technologies of fresh horticulture produce. This book is a general reference work for students, professional horticulturalists and readers with interest in the subject. BT - Horticulture SP - Ch. 9 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/35764 DO - 10.5772/35764 SN - PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-29 ER -