Pre-cooling systems for small-scale producers

Stewart Postharvest Review

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Kitinoja, Lisa ^a   Thompson, James F ^b  

^a Extension Systems International   (United States)

^b Univ of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobile; Portable; Postharvest; Pre cooling systems; Small scale

Indexed keywords

EID: 77955908828     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17459656     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2212/spr.2010.2.2     Document Type: Article

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