Study on some morphological and physical attributes of walnut used in mass models

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 490-494

  Ebrahimi, A ^a   Zarei, A ^a   Fatahi, R ^a   Varnamkhasti, M Ghasemi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grading system; Porosity; Projected areas; Promising genotype; Walnut

Indexed keywords

DIAMETER; GENOTYPE; HORTICULTURE; MASS; MODEL; MORPHOLOGY; NUT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; WEIGHT;

JUGLANS;

EID: 67349278484     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.02.021     Document Type: Article

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