Revision of the ASAE standard D245.4: Moisture relationships of grains

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 639-642

  Sokhansanj, S ^a,b   Yang, W ^b  

^a ASAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Agricultural products; ASAE Standards; Crop; Equilibrium moisture content; Grains; Moisture relations

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001170282     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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