Sensing and analyzing the acoustic response of avocado and mango using a flexible piezoelectric transducer

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 421, Issue , 1998, Pages 121-126

  Shmulevich, I ^a   Galili, N ^a   Benichou, N ^a  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Avocado; Firmness; Frequency; Fruit; Mango; Piezoelectric film

Indexed keywords

PERSEA AMERICANA;

EID: 33745322432     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1998.421.11     Document Type: Conference Paper

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