00809nam a2200097Ia 450000500170000010000210001724501300003826000090016852005150017758300190069220260716043311.0  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