Irradiation treatment for increasing fruit and vegetable quality

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2007, Pages

  Lacroix, Monique ^a   Vigneault, Clément ^b  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Combined treatments; Food safety; Fruits; Irradiation; Shelf life extension; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

HEXAPODA;

EID: 34249914225     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2007.3.7     Document Type: Review

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