Fracture resistance of wheat grain as a function of moisture content, loading rate and grain orientation

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 4, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 448-452

  Gorji, A ^a   Rajabipour, A ^a   Tavakoli, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Fracture resistance; Grain processing; Loading rate; Wheat grain

Indexed keywords

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 77956276775     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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