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International Conference on the Processing Tomato: Overview of the world processing tomato agro-industry; Environmental issues; Integrated pest control; Production, processing, & marketing; Biotechnology & plant breeding. International Symposium on Trpopical Tomato Diseases: The role of an International Scientific Society in the Transfer of Technologies for Processing Tomatoes; Tomato improvement for bacterial disease resistance for the tropics: a contemporary basis and future prospects; Advances in the identification and management of tospoviruses affecting tomato; Breeding strategies for disease resistance in tomatoes with emphasis on the tropics: current status and research challenges; Tomato breeding for disease resistance in humid conditions. Whitefly-transmitted geminivirus of tomato and phylogenetic relationships predicted from virus coat protein gene sequences; Past, present, and future prospects for using germplasm resources for tomato improvement; Breeding tomatoes (Lycorpersicon esculentum Mill.) for resistance to whitefly-transmitted geminiviruses; Geminiviruses in plurilocular tomato cultivars grown under plastic greenhouse conditions in Uberlandia, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Screening processing tomato progenies for resistance to Ralstonia solanacearum; Studies on tomato bacterial diseases in Pernambuco, Brazil; Genetic control of resistance in tomato tospovirus and selection of tomato progenies resistant to a tospovirus isolate; Methodology for screening tomato for Fusarium Wilt, Verticillium Wilt, (...).

Microirrigation for Crop Production: Design, Operation, and Management, Second Edition, Volume Thirteen is the latest release in this go-to foundational resource for the basics of engineering and the science of the design and operation of micoirrigation systems. This new edition includes novel methods for measurement and estimation of evapotranspiration, resource-efficient microirrigation design and operation, advanced irrigation scheduling methods and tools, novel methods and technology of microirrigation automation, monitoring and control, updates in crop salinity tolerance and leaching practices, variable rate irrigation, updates on the use of biological effluents and chemicals and pesticides to include safety and regulatory concerns.The revised book will provide an understanding on the basic science needed to comprehend systems design, operation, management, maintenance, monitoring and performance evaluation. - Presents a detailed explanation and examples of systems design, operation, and management specific to the latest types of microirrigation systems, as well as sample irrigation schedules - Assesses the proper use of irrigation technology and its effects to increase efficiency and crop productivity - Includes illustrations of design options and charts of systems typologies

Pulsed electric field (PEF) food processing is a novel, non-thermal preservation method that has the potential to produce foods with excellent sensory and nutritional quality and shelf-life. This important book reviews the current status of the technology, from research into product safety and technology development to issues associated with its commercial implementation.Introductory chapters provide an overview of the process and its history. Part one then discusses the technology of PEF food preservation, with chapters on circuitry and pulse shapes, chamber design and technical and safety requirements. The second part of the book focuses on important product safety and quality issues such as probable mechanisms of microbial inactivation by PEF, adaptation potential of microorganisms treated by this method, toxicological aspects, the impact on food enzymes and shelf life. Chapters in the final part of the book cover topics relating to the commercialisation of the technology, including current and future applications, pitfalls, economic issues and scaling up, and public and regulatory acceptance.Food preservation by pulsed electric fields is a standard reference for all those involved in research into PEF food processing and its commercialisation. - Reviews the current status of PEF technology with an overview of the process and its history - Discusses the technology involved in PEF food preservation - Focuses on important product safety and quality issues such as the impact on food enzymes and shelf life

The Institute of Medicine's (IOM's) Food Forum was established in 1993 to allow science and technology leaders in the food industry, top administrators in the federal government, representatives from consumer interest groups, and academicians to discuss and debate food and food safety issues openly and in a neutral setting. The Forum provides a mechanism for these diverse groups to identify possible approaches for addressing food and food safety problems and issues surrounding the often complex interactions among industry, academia, regulatory agencies, and consumers. On May 6-7, 1997, the Forum convened a workshop titled Enhancing the Regulatory Decision-Making Process for Direct Food Ingredient Technologies. Workshop speakers and participants discussed legal aspects of the direct food additive approval process, changes in science and technology, and opportunities for reform. Two background papers, which can be found in Appendix A and B, were shared with the participants prior to the workshop. The first paper provided a description and history of the legal framework of the food ingredient approval process and the second paper focused on changes in science and technology practices with emphasis placed on lessons learned from case studies. This document presents a summary of the workshop.