Post-harvest losses and quality changes in hot peppers (capsicum frutesceus L.) in the roadside marketing system in Trinidad. (Record no. 44417)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 00856nam a2200121Ia 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260716043311.0 |
| 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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