Determination of mango physiological indices by mechanical wave analysis

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 179-186

  Mizrach, Amos ^a   Flitsanov, Uri ^a   Schmilovitch, Ze'ev ^a   Fuchs, Yoram ^b  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acidity; FFT; Firmness; Mango; Nondestructive testing; Spectral analysis; Sugar; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033035632     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00007-1     Document Type: Article

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