Dielectric heating as a potential post-harvest treatment of disinfesting mangoes, Part II: Development of RF-based protocols and quality evaluation of treated fruits

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 287-296

  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

AGRICULTURAL ROBOTS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRUITS; HEATING; TEXTURES;

ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICES; MANGIFERA INDICA; POST HARVEST; POST-HARVEST TREATMENTS; QUALITY EVALUATION; RADIO FREQUENCY HEATING; SURFACE HEATING; U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURES;

QUALITY CONTROL;

ANASTREPHA LUDENS; ANIMALIA; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 67349247569     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2009.02.014     Document Type: Article

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