A novel noninvasive ultrasonic method to assess avocado ripening

Journal of Food Science

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2005, Pages

  Gaete Garretón, Luis ^a   Vargas Hernández, Yolanda ^a   León Vidal, Cristian ^a   Pettorino Besnier, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SANTIAGO DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

NDT; Persea Americana Mill; Ripening; Ultrasonic

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 17644370051     PISSN: 00221147     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2621.2005.tb07134.x     Document Type: Article

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