Development of a moisture absorber for packaging of fresh mushrooms (Agaricus bisporous)

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 408-414

  Mahajan, Pramod V ^a   Rodrigues, Fernanda A S ^a   Motel, Anthony ^a   Leonhard, Aurelie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Desiccant; Food packaging; Kinetics; Moisture uptake; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

AGARICUS; BASIDIOMYCOTA;

EID: 40049098004     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2007.11.007     Document Type: Article

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