Radiation processing for elimination of Salmonella typhimurium from inoculated seeds used for sprout making in india and effect of irradiation on germination of seeds

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 70, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1961-1965

  Saroj, Sunil D ^a   Hajare, Sachin ^a   Shashidhar, R ^a   Dhokane, Varsha ^a   Sharma, Arun ^a   Bandekar, Jayant R ^a  

^a BHABHA ATOMIC RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CICER ARIETINUM; PISUM SATIVUM; SALMONELLA TYPHIMURIUM; VIGNA ACONITIFOLIA; VIGNA RADIATA VAR. RADIATA;

EID: 34547740491     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-70.8.1961     Document Type: Article

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