Texture evaluation of cucumber by a new acoustic vibration method

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-35

  Sakurai, Naoki ^a   Iwatani, Shin Ichiro ^a   Terasaki, Shoji ^b   Yamamoto, Ryoichi ^c  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsushita Kotobuki Elect Ind Ltd   (Japan)

^c TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Crispness; Cucumber; FFT; Piezoelectric film

Indexed keywords

CUCUMIS SATIVUS;

EID: 13544253583     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.74.31     Document Type: Article

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