00780nam a2200085Ia 4500100002100000245013000021260000900151520051500160583001900675  aMohammed, Majeed  aPost-harvest losses and quality changes in hot peppers (capsicum frutesceus L.) in the roadside marketing system in Trinidad.  c1992  aExamines 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.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR