Apple bruise detection by electrical impedance measurement

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 104-107

  Jackson, Phillipa J ^a   Harker, F Roger ^a  

^a THE NEW ZEALAND INSTITUTE FOR PLANT AND FOOD RESEARCH LIMITED   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Malus xdomestica; Reactance; Resistance

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0346386867     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.1.104     Document Type: Article

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