Detecting internal breakdown in apples using interactance measurements

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 15-19

  Upchurch, B L ^a   Throop, J A ^b   Aneshansley, D J ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Inspection; Internal browning; Light transmittance; Postharvest quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030956277     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(96)00057-9     Document Type: Article

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