Changes in Texture and Nutritional Quality of Green Asparagus Spears (Asparagus officinalis L.) during Microwave Blanching and Cryogenic Freezing

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 110-116

  Kidmose, Ulla ^a   Kaack, Karl ^a  

^a DANISH INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Denmark)

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EID: 0033300299     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064719950135623     Document Type: Article

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