Determination of mealiness in apples using ultrasonic measurements

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 91, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 329-334

  Bechar, A ^a   Mizrach, A ^a   Barreiro, P ^b   Landahl, S ^c  

^a EXTENSION SERVICE   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; TEXTURES; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONICS;

HIGH-POWER GENERATORS; PULSES; TEXTURAL ATTRIBUTES; ULTRASONIC MEASUREMENTS;

FRUITS;

APPLES; DEGRADATION; TEXTURE; TISSUE; TRANSDUCERS; ULTRASONIC FREQUENCIES;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 20744447634     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2005.04.008     Document Type: Article

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