Morphological characterisation of Vitis vinifera L. seeds by image analysis and comparison with archaeological remains

Vegetation History and Archaeobotany

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 231-242

  Orrù, Martino ^a   Grillo, Oscar ^a   Lovicu, Gianni ^c   Venora, Gianfranco ^b   Bacchetta, Gianluigi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAGLIARI   (Italy)

^b Stazione Consorziale Sperimentale di Granicoltura per la Sicilia   (Italy)

^c Dipartimento per la Ricerca nell'Arboricoltura   (Italy)

Author keywords

Archaeological grape pips; Computer image analysis; Sardinia; Seed morphometry; V. sylvestris; V. vinifera

Indexed keywords

OSA; PIPS; VITACEAE; VITIS; VITIS VINIFERA;

EID: 84875548048     PISSN: 09396314     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00334-012-0362-2     Document Type: Article

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