Evaluation of textural properties of mango tissue by a near-field acoustic method

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 219-228

  Valente, Marc ^a   Ferrandis, Jean Yves ^b  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ MONTPELLIER II   (France)

Author keywords

Mangifera indica; Mango; Near field acoustics; Pulp firmness; Resonator; Viscoelastic properties

Indexed keywords

MANGIFERA INDICA;

EID: 0141958963     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(02)00252-1     Document Type: Article

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