An optical method for detecting watercore and mealiness in apples

Transactions of the American Society of Agricultural Engineers

Volumn 48, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 1819-1826

  Bennedsen, B S ^a   Peterson, D L ^a  

^a APPALACHIAN FRUIT RESEARCH STATION   (United States)

Author keywords

Apples; Detection; Mealiness; Spectral reflectance; Watercore

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; LIGHT INTERFERENCE; REFLECTION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

MEALINESS; WATERCORE;

FRUITS;

OPTICAL METHOD;

APPLES; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; REFLECTION; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE;

EID: 28944439402     PISSN: 00012351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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