Food Preservation by Modified Atmospheres

By Moshe Calderon and Rivka Barkai-Golan

This volume provides the reader with the updated state-of-the-art in the Modified Atmospheres field. It explains the Modified Atmospheres Method which is derived from the ancient Hermetic Storage Technique of keeping grain and seeds, which was practiced in Middle Eastern and other ancient cultures. This unique work covers all aspects of the field and reveals new important, useful information. This interesting publication is a valuable guidebook for all involved in postharvest agriculture, such as agronomists, horticulturists, extension officers and teachers at agricultural schools. It is also an important reference source for entomologists, postharvest fruit pathologists and physiologists, as well as agricultural engineers, food scientists, and food technologists.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0849365694
• ISBN13: 9780849365690
• Release Date: May 1990
• Publisher: CRC Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 2.05 lbs.