Postharvest aspects of highland bananas in Uganda

Tropical Science

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 54-64

  Aked, J ^a,b   Kyamuhangire, W ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Banana; Postharvest; Processing; Uganda

Indexed keywords

EID: 0006395017     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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