Reflectance spectral features and non-destructive estimation of chlorophyll, carotenoid and anthocyanin content in apple fruit

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 197-211

  Merzlyak, Mark N ^a   Solovchenko, Alexei E ^a   Gitelson, Anatoly A ^b  

^a MOSCOW STATE UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthocyanins; Apple fruit; Carotenoids; Chlorophyll; Non destructive deterrnination; Reflectance

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0037308826     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00066-2     Document Type: Article

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