Bruise resistance coefficient and bruise sensitivity of apples and cherries

International Agrophysics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 315-321

  Blahovec, J ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Absorbed energy; Bruise volume; Bruising; Compression; Fruits; Hysteresis losses

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013397561     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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