Second generation impact force response fruit firmness sorter

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 1025-1033

  Delwiche, M J ^a,b   Arevalo H ^b   Mehlschau, J ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b University of California   (United States)

Author keywords

Maturity; Pear; Penetrometer

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029797087     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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