Overview

This is the first detailed book on dates to be published in more than four decades. It addresses all aspects of cultural practices and their implications on date quality. The text covers the post-harvest operations and processing of dates, physical, chemical, structural, and sensory properties of dates as human food. The authors also discuss the value of low quality dates and byproducts as cattle feed. The final section focuses on the potential medicinal values of dates.

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Author:   A. Manickavasagan (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) ,  M. Mohamed Essa (Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Sultanate of Oman) ,  E. Sukumar
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Volume:   50
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.952kg
ISBN:  

9781439849453

ISBN 10:   1439849455
Pages:   442
Publication Date:   20 April 2012
Audience:   College/higher education ,  General/trade ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Production. An Overview of Date Palm Production. Tissue Culture Studies in Date Palm. The Date Palm Genome Project at Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Water Management in Date Palm Groves. Fertilizer Application in Date Palm Cultivation. Environmental Concern in Date Palm Production from Atmospheric Trace Metal Contamination. Salinity Problems and Their Management in Date Palm Production. Insects in Date Palm Field and Their Management. Mechanization in Date Palm Pollination. Design Concepts for Date-Harvesting Process. Dates Marketing. Processing. Drying Characteristics, Rehydration, and Color Changes of Palm Fruits During Storage. Solar Tunnel Dryer: A Novel Dryer for Dates. Processing of Dates by Dehydration and Microwave Drying. Quality Assessment of Dates by Computer Vision Technology. Nonchemical Methyl Bromide Alternatives in Dates' Processing Sector. Processing of Dates into Value-Added Products. Exploring the Possibility of Biofuel Production from By-Products and Wastes Generated from Date Industry. Food. Physical Characteristics and Chemical Composition of Date Palm Fruits. Sorption and Structural Characteristics of Date Palm Fruit. Fermentative Products Using Dates as a Substrate. Dates: Potential Substitute for Added Sugar in Food. Use of Date Palm By-Products in Feeding Livestock. Medicinal Values. Dates: A Fruit from Heaven. The Functional Values of Dates. Nutritional and Medicinal Value of Date Fruit. Uses of Date Palm in Ayurveda. Dates in Indigenous Medicines of India. Antiamyloidogenic Effect of Dates Grown in Oman with Reference to Their Possible Protection against Alzheimer's Disease. Index.

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A. Manickavasagan is Assistant Professor of Agricultural and Marine Sciences, Sultan Qaboos University. M. Mohamed Essa is Assistant Professor of Food Science and Nutrition at Sultan Qaboos University. Ethirajan Sukumar is with the Chemistry Faculty at the Department of Applied Sciences at the Higher College of Technology, Oman.

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