RADIATION PRESERVATION OF FRESH STRAWBERRIES AND GRAPES

Abstract

IRRADIATION STUDIES WITH PEARS WERE CONTINUED WITH THE FOLLOWING OBJECTIVES: (1) determination of the respiration of individual fruit; (2) comparison of beta and gamma irradiation; and (3) preparation of samples for biochemical investigation. The post-irradiation respiration of single fruit was similar to hat of batch samples but more useful in selecting individual fruit at given physiological states. Beta and gamma radiation produced similar gross physiological effects including prolongation of ripening. Methods have been devised and preparation made of both enzyme extracts and lyophillized material for further biochemical study. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 05, 1961
Accession Number
AD0265845

Entities

People

  • Betty J. Robinson
  • E.c. Maxie
  • Roger J. Romani

Organizations

  • University of California

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorbers (Materials)
  • Advanced Materials
  • Biological Sciences
  • Curing
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Engineered Materials
  • Gamma Rays
  • Ionizing Radiation
  • Materials
  • Metamaterial Absorbers
  • Metamaterials
  • Nuclear Radiation
  • Physiological Effects
  • Radiation
  • Respiration

Readers

  • Gender and Food Studies
  • Microbial Pathology
  • Nuclear and Radiation Engineering.