Forced air cooling system for Zea mays

Journal of Food, Agriculture and Environment

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 100-104

  Cortbaoui, Patrick ^a,b   Goyette, Bernard ^b   Gariépy, Yvan ^a   Charles, Marie Thérèse ^b   Raghavan, Vijaya G S ^a   Vigneault, Clément ^a,b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Air flow rate; Cob orientation; Cultivar; Forced air; Half cooling time; Performance and keeping quality; Precooling; Sweet corn

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 32044473756     PISSN: 14590255     EISSN: 14590263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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