Forced-air cooling packaged blueberries

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 213-217

  Boyette, M D ^a  

^a North Carolina State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Forced air; Packaging; Postharvest; Refrigeration

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; PACKAGING; PALLETS; REFRIGERATION; TEMPERATURE;

AIR FLOW RATE; BLUEBERRIES; FORCED AIR;

FRUITS;

EID: 0030102614     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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