Nondestructive method for measuring fruit ripening of 'La France' pears using a laser Doppler vibrometer

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 75, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 79-84

  Murayama, Hideki ^a   Konno, Ichiro ^a   Terasaki, Shoji ^b   Yamamoto, Ryoichi ^c   Sakurai, Naoki ^d  

^a YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Matsushita Kotobuki Electronics Industries Ltd ^*  (Japan)

^c TEZUKAYAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elastic index; Fruit firmness; Laser Doppler vibrometer; Pear; Storage period

Indexed keywords

LACTATE DEHYDROGENASE-ELEVATING VIRUS; PYRUS; PYRUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 32944473505     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.75.79     Document Type: Article

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