Comparative analysis of new Persian walnut cultivars: Nut/kernel geometrical, gravimetrical, frictional and mechanical attributes and kernel chemical composition

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 135, Issue , 2012, Pages 202-209

  Gharibzahedi, Seyed Mohammad Taghi ^a   Mousavi, Seyed Mohammad ^a   Hamedi, Manouchehr ^a   Khodaiyan, Faramarz ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Engineering properties; Fruit processing; Juglans regia L.; Physical properties; Proximate composition; Texture analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CARBOHYDRATE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CULTIVAR; DECIDUOUS TREE; DIAMETER; FOOD PROCESSING; FRICTION; GEOMETRY; GRAVIMETRY; NUT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SURFACE AREA;

JUGLANS; JUGLANS REGIA;

EID: 84856452257     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2011.11.030     Document Type: Article

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