Comparison of instrumental and manual inspection of clingston peaches

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 883-889

  Slaughter, David C ^a   Crisosto, Carlos H ^a   Hasey, Janine K ^a   Thompson, James F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Flesh color; Flesh firmness; Instrumentation; Maturity; Peach grading

Indexed keywords

COLOR; FRUITS; INSPECTION;

FLESH COLOR; FLESH FIRMNESS; INSTRUMENTATION; PEACH GRADING;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING;

PRUNUS PERSICA;

EID: 33846517380     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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