Response of apple and winter pear fruit quality to irradiation as a quarantine treatment

Journal of Food Processing and Preservation

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 203-216

  Drake, S R ^a   Sanderson, P G ^a,b   Neven, L G ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b WSTFRC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 0033242429     PISSN: 01458892     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4549.1999.tb00380.x     Document Type: Article

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