Instrument and operator effects on apple firmness readings

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 994-997

  Lehman Salada, Laura ^a,b  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

fruit crops; Malus domestica; maturity; postharvest handling; quality; senescence

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0030444651     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.6.994     Document Type: Article

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