A permeation-diffusion-reaction model of gas transport in cellular tissue of plant materials

Journal of Experimental Botany

Volumn 57, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 4215-4224

  Ho, Q Tri ^a   Verlinden, Bert E ^a   Verboven, Pieter ^a   Vandewalle, Stefan ^a   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Controlled atmosphere; Diffusion; Gas transport; Measurement set up; Modelling; Permeation; Pyrus communis; Storage

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFUSION; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; OXYGEN; PLANTS (BOTANY);

CELLULAR TISSUE; GAS PERMEABILITY; GAS TRANSPORT MODEL; PLANT MATERIALS; PRODUCT QUALITY; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

TISSUE;

CARBON DIOXIDE; NITROGEN; OXYGEN;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CYTOLOGY; DIFFUSION; FRUIT; METABOLISM; PEAR; PERMEABILITY; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL; VALIDATION STUDY;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CARBON DIOXIDE; DIFFUSION; FRUIT; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NITROGEN; OXYGEN; PERMEABILITY; PYRUS;

PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 33845680826     PISSN: 00220957     EISSN: 14602431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jxb/erl198     Document Type: Article

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