Quality of postharvest horticultural crops after irradiation treatment

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages

  Wall, Marisa ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruits; Irradiation; Quality; Quarantine; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 43249124287     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2008.2.1     Document Type: Review

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