Peach firmness determination using two different nondestructive vibrational sensing instruments

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 699-703

  Armstrong, P R ^a,b   Stone, M L ^a,b   Brusewitz, G H ^a,b  

^a ASAE ^*  (United States)

^b OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Effe gi; Magness Taylor

Indexed keywords

EFFE-GI; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION; PEACH FIRMNESS;

MICROPHONES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PIEZOELECTRIC DEVICES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

FRUITS;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 0031147941     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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