DC electrical field effects on plant tissues and gels

Food Engineering Series

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 95-120

  Nussinovitch, Amos ^a   Zvitov, Ronit ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Electrical treatment; Enzymatic browning; Pulse electrical field; Pulse electrical field treatment; Stomatal opening

Indexed keywords

EID: 85060315150     PISSN: 15710297     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-79374-0_4     Document Type: Chapter

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