Maintaining quality of bulk-handled, unhulled pistachio nuts

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 65-70

  Thompson, J F ^a,b   Rumsey, T R ^a,b   Spinoglio, M ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Postharvest; Processing; Transportation

Indexed keywords

PISTACIA VERA;

COOLING; DISCOLORATION; MATERIALS HANDLING; PALLETS; PROCESS CONTROL; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMAL EFFECTS; TRUCK TRAILERS;

POSTHARVEST PROCESSING; SHELL STAINING; UNHULLED PISTACHIO NUTS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

EID: 0030677136     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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