Size and shape of potato tubers

International Agrophysics

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 301-305

  Tabatabaeefar, A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Physical properties; Potato; Projected area; Variety

Indexed keywords

SHAPE; SIZE; VEGETABLE;

IRANIA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 0036999029     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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