Development of an automated monitoring device to quantify changes in firmness of apples during storage

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-8

  De Belie, N ^a   Schotte, S ^a   Coucke, P ^a   De Baerdemaeker, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic impulse response technique; Apples; Automated; Degradation model; Firmness; Non destructive testing; Storage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033982287     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(99)00063-0     Document Type: Article

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