Emerging technologies to improve the safety and quality of fruits and vegetables

Novel Technologies in Food Science: Their Impact on Products, Consumer Trends and the Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 261-297

  Alexandre, Elisabete M C ^a   Brandão, Teresa R S ^a   Silva, Cristina L M ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA PORTUGUESA   (Portugal)

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EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; FRUITS AND VEGETABLES;

EID: 84877024443     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-7880-6_12     Document Type: Chapter

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