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Quality of Agricultural Products in Relation to Physical Conditions

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  1. Laboratorio de Propiedades Físicas y Tecnologías Avanzadas en Agro-Alimentación (LPF-TAGRALIA), Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Avda. Complutense, s/n, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Guillermo P. Moreda & Margarita Ruiz-Altisent

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Moreda, G.P., Ruiz-Altisent, M. (2011). Quality of Agricultural Products in Relation to Physical Conditions. In: Gliński, J., Horabik, J., Lipiec, J. (eds) Encyclopedia of Agrophysics. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-90-481-3585-1_131

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