Sorting of kiwifruit for quality using drop velocity in water

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1991-1998

  Jordan, R B ^a   Clark, C J ^a  

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

Author keywords

Density; Fruit grading; Fruit quality; Kiwifruit; Non destructive testing; Terminal velocity

Indexed keywords

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; SUGARS;

FRUIT DENSITY; FRUIT ORIENTATION; FRUIT SHAPE; KIWIFRUITS;

FRUITS;

FRUIT; SORTING; VELOCITY;

COST EFFECTIVENESS; DENSITY; FRUITS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY CONTROL; SORTING; SUGARS;

EID: 14844290339     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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