Data analysis of penetrometric force/displacement curves for the characterization of whole apple fruits

Journal of Texture Studies

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 387-401

  Camps, C ^a   Guillermin, P ^a   Mauget, J C ^a   Bertrand, D ^b  

^a Institut National d'Horticulture   (France)

^b ONIRIS   (France)

Author keywords

Apple; Digitized curve; Factorial discriminant analysis; Penetrometry; Puncture test; Storage; Texture

Indexed keywords

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

EID: 27144556578     PISSN: 00224901     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1745-4603.2005.00023.x     Document Type: Article

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