Fruit and Vegetable Technology

This subject has the following teaching availabilities in 2009:

Completion of core subjects.

For the purposes of considering request for Reasonable Adjustments under the Disability Standards for Education (Cwth 2005), and Student Support and Engagement Policy, academic requirements for this subject are articulated in the Subject Overview, Learning Outcomes, Assessment and Generic Skills sections of this entry.

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importance of fruit and vegetables; classification; desirable and

undesirable constituents; post-harvest handling: physiological

and biochemical changes; stages of physiological development;

respiration, generation of ethylene and genetic control of fruit

ripening process; physical and chemical changes during

maturation; principles of heat, moisture and environment

management; quality: criteria, factors affecting, evaluation and

management; pathological and physiological deterioration and

their control; preservation and processing: basic principles of

preservation; shelf life extension by scientific storage; use of

sugar, chemicals, fermentation, irradiation in fruit preservation;

processing methods: minimal processing, thermal processing,

freezing, dehydration, combination technology; production of

fermented and non fermented beverages; by-products of fruit

and vegetables processing: nature and characteristics;

utilisation; waste management: Characterisation, planning,

treatment of effluent; environmental auditing.

Two assignments of 1000 words each on:

1. principles of processing of fruits and vegetables (20%), due mid-way through semester
2. waste characteristics (20%), due one week prior to the end of semester

Reports on practical classes (20%), due one week after each class

Two hour examination (40%).

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.