Humidity and temperature effects on invasive and non-invasive firmness measures

Postharvest Biology and Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 79-91

  Hertog, Maarten L A T M ^a   Ben Arie, Ruth ^b   Róth, Erika ^c   Nicolaï, Bart M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^b Fruit Storage Research Laboratory   (Israel)

^c CENTRAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acoustic firmness; Apple; Compression force; Modelling; Pear; Puncture test; Stiffness; Tomato

Indexed keywords

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 2642580117     PISSN: 09255214     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.postharvbio.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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