Non-destructive techniques for measuring quality of fruit and vegetables

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 682, Issue , 2005, Pages 1333-1340

  Nicolai B ^a   Lammertyn, J ^a   Veraverbeke, E A ^a   Hertog, M L A T M ^a   Roth E ^a   Berna, A ^a   Alamar, M C ^a   Verlinden, B ^a   Jancsok P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Firmness; Fruit; NIR; Nondestructive; Spectroscopy; Texture; Vegetables

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749265562     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2005.682.179     Document Type: Conference Paper

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