Vegetables and Vegetable Products

✍ Scribed by N. W. Pirie (auth.), Prof. Dr. Hans Ferdinand Linskens, Prof. Dr. John F. Jackson (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
• Year: 1994
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 198
• Series: Modern Methods of Plant Analysis 16
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

The analysis of vegetables and vegetable products is now an important part of everyday life. From the dietary point of view we need to know both the positive and negative aspects of the vegetables we consume - whether they have a high fibre content, for example, or what pesticide residues are present. And from the producers' standpoint, we need to know the methods that are being used to develop new and better vegetables. Thus, genetic analysis becomes important. In this book, a chapter on genetic mapping of pea is included, together with approaches to squash and pumpkin breeding with high carotene content. Also, there are chapters covering the analysis of leaf protein and the oxalic acid content of vegetables, and the analysis of vegetables consumed in tropical Africa. All in all, it is a useful book to have on the shelf for those interested in horticulture, human nutrition or chemical analysis.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XV
The Bulk Extraction and Quality of Leaf Protein....Pages 1-22
Physical and Chemical Analysis of Dietary Fibres in Sugar Beet and Vegetables....Pages 23-55
Texture of Plants....Pages 57-72
Analysis of Fungicide Residues in Vegetables and Vegetable Products....Pages 73-91
Genetic Analysis and Breeding of Pumpkins and Squash for High Carotene Content....Pages 93-115
Approaches to the Genetic Mapping of Pea....Pages 117-160
Determination of Oxalic Acid in Vegetables....Pages 161-167
Analysis of Vegetable Foods Consumed in Tropical Africa....Pages 169-184
Back Matter....Pages 185-187

✦ Subjects

Plant Sciences