Investigating Different Methods of Closed Shell Pistachios Splitting and Effects of Freezing Prior to Drying on Shell Splitting Percentage

Subject Areas : Microbiology

Mehdi Nazari ¹ , Davoud Ghanbarian ² , Ahmad Shakerardekani ³ , Ali Maleki ⁴

1 - 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
2 - Department of Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran
3 - Pistachio Research Center, Horticultural Sciences Research Institute, Agricultural Research, Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Rafsanjan, Iran
4 - 1 Department of Mechanical Engineering of Biosystems, Faculty of Agriculture, Shahrekord University, Shahrekord, Iran

Received: 2017-12-18 Accepted : 2017-12-18 Published : 2017-12-01

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