Nondestructive firmness sensing using a laser air-puff detector

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 15-25

  Hung, Y C ^a   Prussia, S E ^b   Ezeike, G O I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b University of Georgia   (United States)

Author keywords

Deformation; Mass; Maturity; Nondestructive; Peaches; Puncture

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032914998     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(98)00103-3     Document Type: Article

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