Treatment design of radio frequency heating based on insect control and product quality

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 417-423

  Wang, S ^a   Yue, J ^b   Chen, B ^a   Tang, J ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MIDDLE TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Heating uniformity; Mixing; Modelling; Postharvest; Quarantine

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; HEXAPODA; JUGLANS; LENS CULINARIS; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 46549083824     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2008.02.004     Document Type: Article

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