The use of solar cooling to minimize postharvest losses in the tropics

Tropical Science

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 74-77

  Umar, Bobboi ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MAIDUGURI   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Perishable produce; Postharvest losses; Solar cooling and refrigeration; Tropical countries

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031837259     PISSN: 00413291     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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