Postharvest impact bruising of apple as related to the modulus of elasticity

International Agrophysics

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 131-138

  Yuwana, Y ^a   Duprat, F ^a  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

Author keywords

Apple; Measured bruise volume; Modulus of elasticity; Predicted bruise volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 0040883804     PISSN: 02368722     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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