A firmness index for fruits of ellipsoidal shape

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 86, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 35-44

  Cherng, An Pan ^a   Ouyang, Feng ^a  

^a NATIONAL ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0042763682     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1537-5110(03)00096-5     Document Type: Article

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