Measurement and modelling the effect of temperature, relative humidity and storage duration on the transpiration rate of three banana cultivars

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 209, Issue , 2016, Pages 124-131

  Murmu, Sanchita Biswas ^a   Mishra, Hari Niwas ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Banana; Energy balance; Mass transfer; Model; Transpiration rate

Indexed keywords

CULTIVAR; EDIBLE SPECIES; ENERGY BALANCE; FRUIT; HEAT TRANSFER; MASS TRANSFER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL MODEL; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSPIRATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84976550730     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2016.06.011     Document Type: Article

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