Use of salt and sodium metabisulfite dips prior to sun-drying tomatoes

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 613, Issue , 2003, Pages 391-397

  Latapi, Guadalupe ^a   Barrett, Diane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Salt; Sodium metabisulfite; Sulfur dioxide; Sun drying; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856756075     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.613.62     Document Type: Conference Paper

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