Inactivation effect of electron beam irradiation on fungal load of naturally contaminated maize seeds

Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture

Volumn 94, Issue 13, 2014, Pages 2668-2673

  Nemţanu, Monica R ^a   Braşoveanu, Mirela ^a   Karaca, Gürsel ^b   Erper, Ismail ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LASER   (Romania)

^b SULEYMAN DEMIREL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Food safety; Gompertz model; Irradiation; Radiosensitivity; Survival curve

Indexed keywords

ZEA MAYS;

ALGORITHM; ASPERGILLUS; CATHODE RAY TUBE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ELECTRON; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUNGUS SPORE; FUSARIUM; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; KINETICS; MAIZE; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIUM; PHYSIOLOGY; PLANT SEED; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION RESPONSE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY;

ALGORITHMS; ASPERGILLUS; CATHODE RAY TUBE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, RADIATION; ELECTRONS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FUSARIUM; KINETICS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; PENICILLIUM; RADIATION TOLERANCE; SEEDS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL; TURKEY; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 84906945024     PISSN: 00225142     EISSN: 10970010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jsfa.6607     Document Type: Article

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