Mechanical and temperature effects on shelf life stability of fruits and vegetables

Food Shelf Life Stability: Chemical, Biochemical, and Microbiological Changes

Volumn , Issue , 2000, Pages 37-85

  Tabil, Lope G ^a   Sokhansanj, Shahab ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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FRUITS AND VEGETABLES; SHELF LIFE;

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