Electronic nose as a non-destructive tool to evaluate the optimal harvest date of apples

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 3-14

  Saevels, Stijn ^a   Lammertyn, Jeroen ^a   Berna, Amalia Z ^a   Veraverbeke, Els A ^a   Di Natale, Corrado ^b   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROME TOR VERGATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Apple; Electronic nose; Multivariate analysis; Optimal harvest date; Quartz microbalance sensors

Indexed keywords

MALUS; MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 0242492854     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0925-5214(03)00059-0     Document Type: Article

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