Dates – Postharvest Science, Processing Technology and Health Benefits

The Editors: Dr Muhammad Siddiq , Associate Professor, Department of Food Science & Human Nutrition , Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA (Currently: Food Science Consultant, Windsor, Ontario, Canada) Dr Salah M. Aleid , Director, Date Palm Research Center of Excellence, King Faisa University, Al-Ahsa, Saudi Arabia Dr Adel A. Kader (1941-2012) , Professor Emeritus, Department of Plant Sciences, University of California, Davis, USA

Preface vii Obituary: Professor Adel A. Kader ix List of Contributors xi 1 Overview of Date Fruit Production, Postharvest handling, Processing, and Nutrition 1 Muhammad Siddiq and Ibrahim Greiby 2 Date Palm: Production 29 Abdullah A. Jaradat 3 Biology and Postharvest Physiology of Date Fruit 57 Maria Gloria Lobo, Elhadi M. Yahia, and Adel A. Kader 4 Insect Pests of Stored Dates and Their Management 81 Mahmoud Abo-El-Saad and Hamadttu El-Shafie 5 Harvesting and Postharvest Technology of Dates 105 Elhadi M. Yahia, Maria Gloria Lobo, and Adel A. Kader 6 Packaging Technologies for Dates and Date Products 137 Vanee Chonhenchob, Koushik Saha, Sher Paul Singh, and Muhammad Siddiq 7 Physical and Structural Characteristics of Dates 157 Mohammad Shafiur Rahman 8 Date Fruit Processing and Processed Products 171 Salah M. Aleid 9 Innovative Processing Technologies for Processing Dates 203 Salah M. Aleid 10 Value-added Utilization of Dates By-products 233 Huthail Najib and Yousef M. Al-Yousef 11 Date Fruit Composition and Nutrition 261 Jasim Ahmed, Fahad M. Al-Jasass, and Muhammad Siddiq 12 Bioactive Compounds, Nutritional and Functional Properties of Date Fruit 285 Praveen K. Vayalil Index 305