Preliminary study on the influence of turgor pressure on body reflectance of red laser light as a ripeness indicator for apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 279-284

  De Belie, N ^a   Tu, K ^a   Jancsok P ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Apple; Body reflectance; Computer vision; Firmness; Laser light; Ripeness indicator; Skin color; Turgor pressure

Indexed keywords

MALUS DOMESTICA;

EID: 0032821477     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00025-3     Document Type: Article

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