Drying characteristics of asparagus roots (asparagus racemosus wild.)

Drying Technology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 533-541

  Bala, B K ^a   Hoque, M A ^b   Hossain, M A ^b   Uddin, M Borhan ^a  

^a BANGLADESH AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (Bangladesh)

^b Bangladeh Agricultural Research Institute   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Asparagus roots; Blanching; Color degradation; Hybrid solar dryer; Thin layer drying model; Tray dryer

Indexed keywords

COLOR CHANGES; COLOR DEGRADATION; DRIED PRODUCTS; DRYING AIR; DRYING CHARACTERISTICS; DRYING RATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HYBRID SOLAR DRYER; QUALITY CHANGE; ROOT SAMPLES; SHAPE AND SIZE; TEMPERATURE RANGE; THIN LAYER DRYING; THREE TEMPERATURE;

BLANCHING; COLOR; CURING; DEGRADATION; FOOD TECHNOLOGY; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOLAR DRYERS;

DRYING;

EID: 77951915373     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373931003618899     Document Type: Article

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