Aeration simulation of stored grain under variable air ambient conditions

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 115-120

  de Carvalho Lopes, Daniela ^a   Martins, José Helvecio ^a   de Castro Melo, Evandro ^a   de Barros Monteiro, Paulo Marcos ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF VIÇOSA   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF OURO PRETO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aeration; Grain; Simulation

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749365538     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2006.05.007     Document Type: Article

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