Color and firmness classification of fresh market tomatoes

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 793-796

  Edan, Yael ^a   Pasternak, H ^b   Shmulevich, I ^c   Rachmani, D ^c   Guedalia, D ^c   Grinberg, S ^b   Fallik, E ^b  

^a BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

^b Inst of Agricultural Eng

^c HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

Classification; Color analysis; Maturity; Sorting; Tomatoes

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0031462283     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.1997.tb15457.x     Document Type: Article

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