Monitoring of the elasticity index of melon fruit in a greenhouse

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 75, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 415-420

  Kuroki, Shinichiro ^a   Tohro, Minami ^b   Sakurai, Naoki ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Applied Vibro Acoustics Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Elasticity index; Field measurement; Firmness; Nondestructive; Portable

Indexed keywords

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EID: 33750364263     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2503/jjshs.75.415     Document Type: Article

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