Determination of avocado and mango fruit properties by ultrasonic technique

Ultrasonics

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 717-722

  Mizrach, Amos ^a  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC EMISSION TESTING; ATTENUATION; FREQUENCY DOMAIN ANALYSIS; FRUITS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

NONDESTRUCTIVE ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENT SYSTEMS;

ULTRASONIC TESTING;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METHODOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME; ULTRASOUND;

FOOD HANDLING; FRUIT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; ULTRASONICS;

EID: 0034154872     PISSN: 0041624X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0041-624X(99)00154-7     Document Type: Article

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