Exotic Fruits Reference Guide
Exotic Fruits Reference Guide

Author: Sueli Rodrigues

Publisher: Academic Press

Published: 2018-01-05

Total Pages: 490

ISBN-13: 0128031530

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Exotic Fruits Reference Guide is the ultimate, most complete reference work on exotic fruits from around the world. The book focuses on exotic fruit origin, botanical aspects, cultivation and harvest, physiology and biochemistry, chemical composition and nutritional value, including phenolics and antioxidant compounds. This guide is in four-color and contains images of the fruits, in addition to their regional names and geographical locations. Harvest and post-harvest conservation, as well as the potential for industrialization, are also presented as a way of stimulating interest in consumption and large scale production. - Covers exotic fruits found all over the world, described by a team of global contributors - Provides quick and easy access to botanical information, biochemistry, fruit processing and nutritional value - Features four-color images throughout for each fruit, along with its regional name and geographical location - Serves as a useful reference for researchers, industrial practitioners and students

Exotic Fruit
Exotic Fruit

Author: Huy Voun Lee

Publisher: Sterling Children's Books

Published: 2018-04-10

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13: 9781454928027

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"Dragon fruit, mangosteen, kiwi, lychee, star fruit ... How many do you know? Inside this book, nine delicious and exotic fruits are waiting to be discovered."--Page 4 of cover.

Exotic Fruits and Nuts of the New World
Exotic Fruits and Nuts of the New World

Author: Odilo Duarte

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2015-01-30

Total Pages: 344

ISBN-13: 1780645058

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A major reference work on exotic and underutilised fruits and nuts of the New World. While many of these are well known in the local markets and in Spanish-language literature, they have rarely been brought to the attention of the wider English-speaking audience, and as such this book will offer an entirely new resource to those interested in exotic crops.

Exotic Fruit and Vegetables A-Z
Exotic Fruit and Vegetables A-Z

Author: Josephine Bacon

Publisher: American Pie

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 9781843750383

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An amazing variety of fruits and vegetables are now available in shops and markets all over the western world. While this profusion of produce is an ever-growing source of interest and delight to the adventurous shopper, their unfamiliarity

Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World
Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World

Author: Rolf Blancke

Publisher: Cornell University Press

Published: 2016-07-15

Total Pages: 349

ISBN-13: 1501704281

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Tropical fruits such as banana, mango, papaya, and pineapple are familiar and treasured staples of our diets, and consequently of great commercial importance, but there are many other interesting species that are little known to inhabitants of temperate regions. What delicacies are best known only by locals? The tropical regions are home to a vast variety of edible fruits, tubers, and spices. Of the more than two thousand species that are commonly used as food in the tropics, only about forty to fifty species are well known internationally. Illustrated with high-quality photographs taken on location in the plants' natural environment, this field guide describes more than three hundred species of tropical and subtropical species of fruits, tubers, and spices.In Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World, Rolf Blancke includes all the common species and features many lesser known species, including mangosteen and maca, as well as many rare species such as engkala, sundrop, and the mango plum. Some of these rare species will always remain of little importance because they need an acquired taste to enjoy them, they have too little pulp and too many seeds, or they are difficult to package and ship. Blancke highlights some fruits—the araza (Eugenia stipitata) and the nutritious peach palm (Bactris gasipaes) from the Amazon lowlands, the Brunei olive (Canarium odontophyllum) from Indonesia, and the remarkably tasty soursop (Annona muricata) from Central America—that deserve much more attention and have the potential to become commercially important in the near future.Tropical Fruits and Other Edible Plants of the World also features tropical plants used to produce spices, and many tropical tubers, including cassava, yam, and oca. These tubers play a vital role in human nutrition and are often foundational to the foodways of their local cultures, but they sometimes require complex preparation and are often overlooked or poorly understood distant from their home context.

Five Decades with Tropical Fruit
Five Decades with Tropical Fruit

Author: William Francis Whitman

Publisher:

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 9780971140202

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Five Decades with Tropical Fruit is the personal journey of one unique and dedicated man, William Francis Whitman. This book contains his collected papers and hundres of photographs extending back to when he got the tropical fruit "bug" on a 1947 trek to Tahiti. Published by Quisqualis Books for Fairchild Tropical Garden, the premier tropical botanical garden in the world.

The Fruit Hunters
The Fruit Hunters

Author: Adam Leith Gollner

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-06-11

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1476704996

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A historical account of the role of fruit in the modern world explores the machinations of multi-national corporations in distributing exotic fruits, the life of mass-produced fruits, and the author's experience with unusual varieties that are unavailable in America.

The Great Exotic Fruit Book
The Great Exotic Fruit Book

Author: Norman Van Aken

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 164

ISBN-13: 9780898156881

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Here is a spectacular full-color adaptation of the bestselling posters by chef Van Aken. The recipes, created especially for this book, demonstrate the versatility of these sumptuous and sometime strange fruits--everything from the pineapple to the rambutan or wax jambu. A number of fruits have been added, along with an expanded text, recipes and information on availability.

Tropical Fruits
Tropical Fruits

Author: Robert E. Paull

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 1845936728

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This book examines economically important horticultural crops selected from the major production systems in temperate, subtropical and tropical climatic areas. The general aspects of the tropical climate, fruit production techniques, tree management and postharvest handling and the principal tropical fruit crops that are common in temperate city markets are discussed. The taxonomy, cultivars, propagation and orchard management, biotic and abiotic problems and cultivar development of these fruit crops are also highlighted.

Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits
Postharvest Biology and Technology of Tropical and Subtropical Fruits

Author: Elhadi M. Yahia

Publisher: Elsevier

Published: 2011-06-30

Total Pages: 572

ISBN-13: 0857092618

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While products such as bananas, pineapples, kiwifruit and citrus have long been available to consumers in temperate zones, new fruits such as lychee, longan, carambola, and mangosteen are now also entering the market. Confirmation of the health benefits of tropical and subtropical fruit may also promote consumption further. Tropical and subtropical fruits are particularly vulnerable to postharvest losses, and are also transported long distances for sale. Therefore maximising their quality postharvest is essential and there have been many recent advances in this area. Many tropical fruits are processed further into purees, juices and other value-added products, so quality optimisation of processed products is also important. The books cover current state-of-the-art and emerging post-harvest and processing technologies. Volume 1 contains chapters on particular production stages and issues, whereas Volumes 2, 3 and 4 contain chapters focused on particular fruit.Chapters in Volume 4 review the factors affecting the quality of different tropical and subtropical fruits from mangosteen to white sapote. Important issues relevant to each product are discussed, including means of maintaining quality and minimising losses postharvest, recommended storage and transport conditions and processing methods, among other topics.With its distinguished editor and international team of contributors, Volume 4 of Postharvest biology and technology of tropical and subtropical fruits, along with the other volumes in the collection, are essential references both for professionals involved in the postharvest handling and processing of tropical and subtropical fruits and for academics and researchers working in the area. - Along with the other volumes in the collection, Volume 4 is an essential reference for professionals involved in the postharvest handling and processing of tropical and subtropical fruits and for academics and researchers working in the area - Reviews factors affecting the quality of different tropical and subtropical fruits, concentrating on postharvest biology and technology - Important issues relevant to each particular fruit are discussed, such as postharvest physiology, preharvest factors affecting postharvest quality and pests and diseases