Peach physical characteristics for orientation

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1493-1497

  Rigney, M P ^a,b   Brusewitz, G H ^a,b,c   Stone, M L ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c Oklahoma State University   (United States)

Author keywords

Fruit; Packing lines; Property; Shape

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029800228     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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