A near-infrared sensing technique for measuring internal quality of apple fruit

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 585-590

  Lu, Renfu ^b   Ariana, Diwan ^a  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Firmness; Fruit; Near infrared spectroscopy; Quality; Sugar content

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; ERROR ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT REFLECTION; LIGHT SOURCES; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; SUGARS;

SUGAR CONTENT;

FRUITS;

APPLES; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT SOURCES; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTS; REFLECTION; SUGARS;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0036769252     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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