TY - CHAP AU - Jason Sun AU - Rainer Künnemeyer AU - Andrew McGlone ED - Ibrahim Kahramanoglu Y1 - 2017-09-13 PY - 2017 T1 - Optical Methods for Firmness Assessment of Fresh Produce: A Review N2 - The world population has been increasing day by day, and demand for food is rising. Despite that, the natural resources are decreasing, and production of food is getting difficult. At the same time, about one-quarter of what is produced never reaches the consumers due to the postharvest losses. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to efficiently handle, store, and utilize produce to be able to feed the world, reduce the use of natural resources, and help to ensure sustainability. At this point, postharvest handling is becoming more important, which is the main determinant of the postharvest losses. Hence, the present book is intended to provide useful and scientific information about postharvest handling of different produce. BT - Postharvest Handling SP - Ch. 7 UR - https://doi.org/10.5772/intechopen.69256 DO - 10.5772/intechopen.69256 SN - 978-953-51-3534-0 PB - IntechOpen CY - Rijeka Y2 - 2024-03-28 ER -