Predicting fresh produce quality in supply chains

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 604, Issue , 2003, Pages 179-188

  Aggarwal, Deepak ^a   Prussia, Andrew J ^a   Prussia, Stanley E ^a   Nunez, A ^a   NeSmith, D S ^a   Florkowski, Wojciech J ^b   Lynd, Donald E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Marketing Services Division   (United States)

Author keywords

Blueberries; Firmness; Mass; Model; Simulation; Temperature

Indexed keywords

EID: 13544252403     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.604.17     Document Type: Conference Paper

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