The modified count and weigh method: An improved procedure for assessing weight loss in stored maize cobs

Journal of Stored Products Research

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 277-285

  Compton, Julia A F ^a   Floyd, Sian ^b   Ofosu, Anthony ^a   Agbo, Blaise ^a  

^a Ghana MoFA/UK ODA Larger Grain B   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Loss assessment; Maize storage; Methods; Post harvest; Prostephanus truncatus

Indexed keywords

PROSTEPHANUS TRUNCATUS;

EID: 0032192534     PISSN: 0022474X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0022-474X(98)00009-5     Document Type: Article

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