Use of digital images for evaluation of factors responsible for visual preference of apples by consumers

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1127-1131

  Cliff, Margaret ^a   Sanford, Katherine ^a   Wismer, Wendy ^b   Hampson, Cheryl ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Apple preference; Consumer preference; Malus xdomestica; Visual characteristics

Indexed keywords

COLOR; EVALUATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); VISUAL COMMUNICATION;

APPLES;

IMAGE PROCESSING;

MALUS X DOMESTICA; MALUS XDOMESTICA;

EID: 0347926483     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.7.1127     Document Type: Article

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