Interactive effects of water status and produce texture - An evaluation of non-destructive methods

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 599, Issue , 2003, Pages 281-288

  Herppich, W B ^a   Herold, B ^a   Landahl, S ^b   De Baerdemaeker, J ^b  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING AND BIOECONOMY ATB   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Acoustic impulse response method; Elasticity; Quasi static compression tests; Radish tuber; Raphanus sativus L.; Texture; Water status

Indexed keywords

EID: 2542498746     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2003.599.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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