Nondestructive dynamic testing of apples for firmness evaluation

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 287-299

  Shmulevich, I ^a   Galili, N ^a   Howarth, M S ^b  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b Sinclair International Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Apple; Firmness; Impact; Nondestructive; Quality

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0141726834     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00039-5     Document Type: Article

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