Heat resistance of fungi isolated from frozen blueberries

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 71, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 2030-2035

  Kikoku, Yutaka ^a,b   Tagashira, Nobuhiro ^b   Nakano, Hiroyuki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Fruits Processing Research Center   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEVRIESIA; FUNGI; HAMIGERA STRIATA; VACCINIUM;

EID: 53749084988     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-71.10.2030     Document Type: Article

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