Some Physical Properties of Full-Ripe Banana Fruit (Cavendish variety)

Subject Areas : Agricultural Extension

M, Soltani ¹ , R, Alimardani ² , M, Omid ³

1 - Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
2 - Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran
3 - Department of Agricultural Machinery, Faculty of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

Received: 2015-12-26 Accepted : 2015-12-26 Published : 2011-03-01

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