Study on some morphological and physical characteristics of tomato used in mass models to characterize best post harvesting options

Australian Journal of Crop Science

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 433-438

  Taheri Garavand, Amin ^a   Rafiee, Shahin ^a   Keyhani, Alireza ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Grading; Mass model; Physical properties; Projected areas; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 79955951996     PISSN: 18352693     EISSN: 18352707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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