An ultrasonic nondestructive method for measuring maturity of mango fruit

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1107-1111

  Mizrach, A ^a   Flitsanov, U ^a   Fuchs, Y ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidity; Firmness; Mango; Maturity; Nondestructive testing; Sugar; Ultrasonic; Wave attenuation

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; PH; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBES; STATISTICAL METHODS; STORAGE (MATERIALS); ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT;

FRUIT MATURITY MEASUREMENT;

FRUITS;

ANTHRACOTHORAX; MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 0031195247     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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