000			00827nam a2200109Ia 4500
100			_aMohammed, Majeed
245			_aPost-harvest losses and quality changes in hot peppers (capsicum frutesceus L.) in the roadside marketing system in Trinidad.
260			_c1992
520			_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.
583			_c3/7/00 _kM2LMGR
942			_cA
999			_c21082 _d21082