Low humidity, warm air storage effective for medium-term storage of sweet onions

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 259-264

  Maw, Bryan W ^a,e   Seebold, Kenneth W ^b   Purvis, Albert C ^c   Paulk, Joel T ^d  

^a Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department   (United States)

^b Department of Plant Pathology ^*  (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^e University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Heat pump dehumidifier; Low humidity; Onions; Storage

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; COLD STORAGE; HEAT PUMP SYSTEMS;

HEAT PUMP DEHUMIDIFIER; LOW HUMIDITY; MEDIUM TERM STORAGE; ONIONS;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

ALLIUM CEPA;

EID: 17744376809     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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