HORTICULTURE SCIENCE
OLERICULTURE
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Question
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The marketable life of most fresh vegetables can be extended by prompt ____ in an environment that maintains product quality.
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stock room
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storage
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crates
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market place
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -Cellular breakdown and death (senescence) are inevitable, but can be slowed with optimal storage conditions. Fresh fruits and vegetables need low temperatures (32 to 55°F) and high relative humidities (80 to 95 percent) to lower respiration and to slow metabolic and transpiration rates.
Detailed explanation-2: -Three ways to preserve fresh fruits and vegetables safely are freezing, drying, and canning. Each of these preservation methods will extend the shelf-life of foods for weeks or months while inhibiting the growth of bacteria which can cause food-borne illness.
Detailed explanation-3: -Temperature management is the most effective tool for extending the shelf life of fresh horticultural commodities.
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