Dielectric heating as a potential post-harvest treatment of disinfesting mangoes, Part I: Relation between dielectric properties and ripening

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 297-303

  Sosa Morales, M E ^a,b   Tiwari, G ^c   Wang, S ^c   Tang, J ^c   Garcia, H S ^a   Lopez Malo, A ^b  

^a INSTITUTO TECNOLÓGICO DE VERACRUZ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE LAS AMÉRICAS PUEBLA   (Mexico)

^c WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES; FRUITS; MICROWAVE MEASUREMENT; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PEST CONTROL;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IMPEDANCE ANALYZER; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; MATURITY INDICES; MEASUREMENTS OF; OPEN-ENDED COAXIAL-LINE PROBE; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; RADIO FREQUENCIES;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES;

EID: 67349193782     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.02.015     Document Type: Article

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