A new approach to measure air distribution through horticultural crop packages

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 2239-2245

  Vigneault, C ^a   De Castro, L R ^b   Cortez, L A B ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Container; Forced air; Handling; Performance; Precooling; Simulator

Indexed keywords

EID: 29544443413     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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