Mobile gamma irradiator

Guerrero, F; Maxie, E

Mobile gamma irradiator

Authors

F. P. Guerrero
E. C. Maxie

Authors Affiliations

Frank P. Guerrero is Assistant Specialist, Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis; E. C. Maxie is Professor of Pomology, Department of Pomology, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 22(1):2-3. DOI:10.3733/ca.v022n01p2. January 1968.

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Abstract

Since the Installation on the Davis campus of the Mark II Gamma Irradiator in 1962, research in food irradiation progressed to the point that it was desirable to begin semi-commercial test shipments involving large quantities of fruits and vegetables—to evaluate the effects of actual transit on irradiated fruits and vegetables.

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