Tart cherry firmness and quality changes during mechanical harvesting and handling

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 153-158

  Timm, E J ^a,b,c   Guyer, D E ^a,b  

^a ASAE   (United States)

^b Michigan State University   (United States)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cherry; Cusion; Firmness; Impact; Mechanical harvesting; Quality

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; HARVESTERS; MATERIALS HANDLING; ORCHARDS; QUALITY CONTROL;

CUSHION MATERIALS; MECHANICAL HARVESTING;

HARVESTING;

EID: 0032025975     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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