Combination of hot-water surface pasteurization of whole fruit and low-dose gamma irradiation of fresh-cut cantaloupe

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 912-919

  Fan, Xuetong ^a   Annous, Bassam A ^a   Sokorai, Kimberly J B ^a   Burke, Angela ^a   Mattheis, James P ^b  

^a EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO;

EID: 33646128747     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-69.4.912     Document Type: Article

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