Determination of water vapor in a small air sample by a nondispersive infrared gas analyzer

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 278-281

  Lin, W C ^a   Block, G S ^a   Saltveit, M E ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Package; Relative humidity; Vapor pressure; Water loss

Indexed keywords

CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM VAR. ANNUUM;

EID: 0030880022     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.2.278     Document Type: Conference Paper

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