Non-destructive measurement of watercore in Japanese pear (Pyrus pyrifolia Nakai) 'Hosui'

Japan Agricultural Research Quarterly

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 125-129

  Inomata, Yuji ^a   Suzuki, Kunihiko ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF FRUIT TREE SCIENCE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Low frequency ultrasonic flow detector; X ray computed tomography

Indexed keywords

CALYX; PYRUS COMMUNIS; PYRUS PYRIFOLIA;

EID: 0035315646     PISSN: 00213551     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.6090/jarq.35.125     Document Type: Article

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