HOS 4332C & 5085C

Syllabus  

Supplemental Reading (general resources):

• USDA Handbook 66 
• Small-Scale Postharvest Handling Practices: A Manual for Horticultural Crops (4th Edition)
• Produce Fact Sheets (UC, Davis)
• Fruit growth, ripening & post-harvest physiology

Lab Projects

• Example 1
• Example 2
• Example 3
• Example 4
• Example 5

   

Exams

Exam - Acrobat (pdf) or Word (docx) formats    

Discussion Session Recordings

• Sept. 2
• Sept. 10
• Sept. 17
• Oct. 1
• Oct. 8 
• Oct. 15 
• Oct. 22
• Oct. 29
• Nov. 5  
• Nov. 12  
• Nov. 19 
• Dec. 3        

Lectures

• Introduction - Postharvest Deterioration & Losses
• Morphology, structure, growth & development
• Composition
• Ethylene & Plant Hormones
• Respiration
• Transpiration & Water Loss
• Physiological Disorders
• Pathology
• Transportation
• Food Safety
• Quarantine Treatments
• Commercial Storage - CA & MA
• Maturity & Quality Standards
• Harvest & Handling Systems
• Cooling & Temperature Management
• Tropical Fruits
• Subtropical Fruits
• Small Fruit
• Pome & Stone Fruits
• Vegetables - Leafy Vegetables
• Vegetative - Storage Vegetables
• Vegetables - Immature & Mature Fruits
• Fresh-cut Vegetables & Fruits
• Cut Flowers & Potted Plant