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A knowledge of the surface area of plant organs such as leaves and fruits is often required in studies on, for example, growth, photosynthetic and transpiration rates, spray coverage, chemical residues, heat transfer and design of peeling systems. Considerable attention has consequently been paid to the development of methods to determine surface area of these organs (Mohsenin 1970).
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van de Venter, H.A., de Meillon, S. (1992). Determination of the Surface Areas of Seed. In: Linskens, H.F., Jackson, J.F. (eds) Seed Analysis. Modern Methods of Plant Analysis, vol 14. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-01639-8_15
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