Postharvest fresh weight losses and skin isotherms in onion bulbs;Perda de matéria fresca e isotermas de sorção em bulbos de cebola

Pesquisa Agropecuaria Brasileira

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 235-238

  De Matos, Antonio Teixeira ^a   Finger, Fernando Luiz ^b   Dalpasquale, Valdecir Antoninho ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDADE ESTADUAL DO NORTE FLUMINENSE DARCY RIBEIRO   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF MARINGÁ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Allium cepa, storage; Relative humidity; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031527479     PISSN: 0100204X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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