Determining moisture content in small wheat samples by dual-frequency RF impedance sensing

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1185-1188

  Kandala, C V K ^a,b   Nelson, S O ^a,c   Lawrence, K C ^a,c  

^a ASAE ^*

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^c RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Kernels; Measurement; Moisture content; Wheat

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029797091     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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