Physical properties of mexican sunflower seed

International Agrophysics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 299-302

  Ilori, T A ^a   Oradugba, O B ^a   Raji, A O ^b  

^a Federal College of Agriculture   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Mexican sunflower; Physical properties; Thermal properties

Indexed keywords

AIRFLOW; ANGIOSPERM; BULK DENSITY; GEOMETRY; MOISTURE CONTENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; POROSITY; SEED;

HELIANTHUS; TITHONIA ROTUNDIFOLIA;

EID: 80054773652     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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