Respiration and climacteric patterns of apples treated with continuous and intermittent direct current electric field

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-8

  Atungulu, G ^a   Nishiyama, Y ^a   Koide, S ^a  

^a IWATE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Apples; Climacteric peak; Corona discharge; Electric field; Respiration

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM PLATING; CARBON DIOXIDE; ELECTRIC FIELD EFFECTS; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; ELECTRODES; METABOLISM;

CLIMACTERIC PEAK; CORONA DISCHARGES;

FRUITS;

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0346961121     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0260-8774(03)00275-9     Document Type: Article

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