HOS 5085C

Syllabus

 

Supplemental Reading (general resources):

• USDA Handbook 66
• Fruit growth, ripening & post-harvest physiology

Exams

 

 

Research Project Instructions

 

Example Student Projects

 

• Example Time-lapse:
  • Chilled Banana ripening
  • Kiwi water loss with & without hairs
  • Berry water loss
  • Water loss of different produce

Lectures

• Introduction - Postharvest Deterioration & Losses
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 4; Wills Ch. 1
• Morphology, structure, growth & development
• Printable notes handout
• Sample questions
• Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 4; Wills Ch. 2; Kays & Paull Ch. 2
• Composition 1
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • USDA Food Composition Databases
  • Supplemental Reading: Florkowski Ch. 5 ; Wills Ch. 3; Kays & Paull Ch. 4
• Composition 2
  • Printable notes handout
• Ethylene & Plant Hormones 1
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 3; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 10
• Ethylene & Plant Hormones 2
  • Printable notes handout
• Respiration 1
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Measuring Respiration Information Sheet (Saltveit)
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 2; Kays & Paull Ch. 3
  • Glycolysis Video
  • Electron Transport Chain Vido
• Respiration 2
  • Printable notes handout
• Transpiration & Water Loss
  • Printable notes handout
  • Time Lapse Videos:
    
    • Leaf lettuce example
    • Radish example
    • Pepper example
  • Sample questions
  • Online Psychrometric Calculator 1
  • Online Psychrometric Calculator 2
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 5
• Physiological Disorders
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Wills Ch. 8; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 19
• Pathology 1
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 24; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 20; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 21;Bartz & Brecht Ch. 22; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 23
• Pathology 2
  • Printable notes handout
• Maturity & Quality Standards
  • Printable notes handout
  • Fruit USDA grade standards
  • Vegetable USDA grade standards
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Florkwski Ch. 8; Florkwski Ch. 8; Kader Ch.6; Kader Ch. 23
  • Paper on BrimA relation to citrus
  fruit sensory quality
• Food Safety
  • Printable notes handout
• Quarantine Treatments
  • Printable notes handout
• Register for the Ag. Expo here
• Harvest & Handling Systems
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Packingline Machinery for Citrus Packinghouses
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 16
  • Orange Harvest Video
  • Mango Harvest Video
• Cooling & Temperature Management
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 8; Kader Ch. 11
• Commercial Storage - CA & MA
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Bartz & Brecht Ch. 9; Wills Ch. 6; Wills Ch. 7
• Transportation & Distribution
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions
  • Supplemental Reading: Florkowski Ch. 16; Kader Ch. 20
• Subtropical Fruits
  • Printable notes handout
  • Sample questions - Covers all remaining lectures
  • Overview of Commodity Requirements
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 20
  • Videos: Harvesting Avocado
• Tropical Fruits
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 31
  • Banana Harvest & Packing Video
  • Banana Packing Vidoe
• Small Fruit
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 29
  • Postharvest fact sheet from Canada
• Pome & Stone Fruits
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 27; Kader Ch. 28
• Vegetables - Leafy Vegetables
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 34; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 25
• Vegetative - Storage Vegetables
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 35; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 26
• Vegetables - Immature & Mature Fruits
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 33; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 27; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 28
• Fresh-cut Vegetables & Fruits
  • Printable notes handout
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 36; Bartz & Brecht Ch. 29
  • Food Safety Links:
    -FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA)
    -Produce Safety Rule
    -Preventive Controls for Human Food
• Ornamentals
  • Printable notes handout
  • Ornamental Summary Sheet
  • Supplemental Reading: Kader Ch. 25