Dielectric spectroscopy of honeydew melons from 10 MHz to 1.8 GHz for quality sensing

Transactions of the ASABE

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1977-1981

  Nelson, Stuart O ^a   Trabelsi, Samir ^a   Kays, Stanley J ^b  

^a RUSSELL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Dielectric constant; Dielectric properties; Honeydew melons; Loss factor; Permittivity; Quality sensing; Soluble solids content

Indexed keywords

HONEYDEW MELONS; LOSS FACTOR; QUALITY SENSING; SOLUBLE SOLIDS CONTENT;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRUITS; PERMITTIVITY; QUALITY CONTROL;

DIELECTRIC SPECTROSCOPY;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; FOOD QUALITY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NUMERICAL METHOD; PERMITTIVITY; SPECTROSCOPY; VINE;

DIELECTRIC CONSTANT; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FRUITS; QUALITY CONTROL; SPECTROSCOPY;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO VAR. INODORUS;

EID: 33947140985     PISSN: 21510032     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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