Radiochromic film dosimetry for UV-C treatments of apple fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 127, Issue , 2017, Pages 14-20

  Yan, Ruixiang ^a   Yun, Juan ^b   Gurtler, Joshua ^c   Fan, Xuetong ^c  

^a National Engineering and Technology Research Center for Preservation of Agricultural Products   (China)

^b TIANJIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c EASTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Dose uniformity; Dose variation; Fruit; Radiochromic film; UV C

Indexed keywords

EID: 85009386942     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2017.01.003     Document Type: Article

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