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Post-harvest losses and quality changes in hot peppers (capsicum frutesceus L.) in the roadside marketing system in Trinidad. (Record no. 21082)

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000 -LEADER
fixed length control field 00827nam a2200109Ia 4500
100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Mohammed, Majeed
245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT
Title Post-harvest losses and quality changes in hot peppers (capsicum frutesceus L.) in the roadside marketing system in Trinidad.
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 1992
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. Examines post-harvest losses through five defined stages: (1) field harvest; (2) packing house arrival; (3) storage conditions; (4) roadside market display; and (5) consumer conditions in the post-harvest handling system of roadside retail markets. Notes that there is a total loss of 28.6 and 38.7 percent of initial commodity weight in dry and wet seasons respectively. Bruising was the major cost of wastage, followed by physiological and pathological damage in the field, packing house and storage stages.
583 ## - ACTION NOTE
Time/date of action 3/7/00
Action agent M2LMGR
942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA)
Koha item type Analytic
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