Size and Moisture Distribution Characteristics of Walnuts and Their Components

Food and Bioprocess Technology

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 771-782

  Khir, Ragab ^a,c   Pan, Zhongli ^a,b   Atungulu, Griffiths G ^a   Thompson, James F ^a   Shao, Dongyan ^a  

^a Univ of California   (United States)

^b WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c University of Suez Canal   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Distribution; Ethephon; Hull; Kernel; Moisture content; Shell; Size characteristics; Walnut

Indexed keywords

HARVESTING; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRODUCT DESIGN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHELLS (STRUCTURES);

DISTRIBUTION; ETHEPHON; HULL; KERNEL; SHELL; SIZE CHARACTERISTICS; WALNUT;

MOISTURE;

JUGLANS;

EID: 84874105731     PISSN: 19355130     EISSN: 19355149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11947-011-0717-1     Document Type: Article

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