Analysis of quality retentions in cocoa beans exposed to solar heat treatment in cardboard solar heater box

• Main Authors: Muhamad Awang, Rita, Abdullahi, Gambo, Sinniah, Uma Rani, Dzolkhifi, Omar
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Taylor and Francis 2018
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73134/1/COCOA.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/73134/; https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23311932.2018.1483061
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The use of heat treatment for the disinfestation of insect pests of stored products has been demonstrated to hold great potential as an ecofriendly alternative technique of choice in the feature grain storage systems. However, the success of this method depends on the application of heat on the comm...