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Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality: pea, snow and snap pod./ Recommandations pour maintenir la qualité après récolte : pois.
Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality: pea, snow and snap pod.
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EVALUATION DU COUT ENERGETIQUE DU PETIT POIS SURGELE.
ESTIMATION OF POWER COST FOR QUICK FROZEN PEAS.
COMPARISON BETWEEN FIXED AND FLUIDIZED BED CONTINUOUS PEA FREEZERS.
SENSORY QUALITY OF FROZEN PEAS IN RELATION TO MATURITY MEASUREMENTS.
Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality: sweet pea./ Recommandations pour maintenir la qualité après récolte : pois de senteur.
Recommendations for maintaining postharvest quality: sweet pea.
Refrigerated storage stability of chicken nuggets containing pea flour.
PREDICTING OF SHELF LIFE FOR FROZEN GREEN PEAS STORED UNDER FLUCTUATING TEMPERATURES.
SOME CHEMICAL AND SENSORY PROPERTIES OF GREEN PEAS AND FRENCH BEANS FROZEN WITHOUT BLANCHING AND STORED IN A FROZEN STATE.
The influence of different frozen storage temperature and time on nutrition quality of quick frozen green peas.
INFLUENCE DU TRAITEMENT THERMIQUE, DE LA CONGELATION ET DE LA CONSERVATION PAR LE FROID SUR LA STRUCTURE ET LES MODIFICATIONS DE L'AMIDON DES PETITS POIS.
INFLUENCE OF HEAT TREATMENT, FREEZING AND REFRIGERATION PRESERVATION ON THE STRUCTURE OF THE TISSUES AND THE STARCH OF THE GREEN PEAS.
ENZYME ACTIVITY IN THE FROZEN PLANT PRODUCTS.
NUMERICAL SIMULATION OF INDIVIDUAL QUICK FREEZING OF SPHERICAL FOODS.
PROPERTIES OF AKARA (FRIED COWPEA PASTE) AS RELATED TO HEAT TRANSFER.
Experimental study of vacuum preservation freshness technology on oil cowpea storage.
Freezing of some selected vegetable varieties.
Refrigeration sector monitoring
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