Heat treatment application to increase fruit and vegetable quality

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lu, Jianbo ^a   Vigneault', Clément ^c   Charles, Marie Thérèse ^b   Raghavan, G S Vijaya ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c NONE

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EID: 34249876328     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.3.4     Document Type: Review

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